#AE8BCD#AE8BCD

#AE8BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.102 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BCD
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 25.85, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 38.91, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0628 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.102 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7056, 31.8720, 61.9113)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BCD #AACD8B

analogous

#8D8BCD #AE8BCD #CD8BCB

triadic

#AE8BCD #CDAE8B #8BCDAE

tetradic

#AE8BCD #CD8D8B #AACD8B #8BCBCD

square

#AE8BCD #CD8D8B #AACD8B #8BCBCD

split-complementary

#AE8BCD #CBCD8B #8BCD8D

monochromatic

#71439B #9060BB #AE8BCD #CCB6DF #EAE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AE8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BCD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BCD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.102 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7addc',
    500: '#ae8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bcd;
$custom-light: #c7addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.818,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69327,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BCD

secondary

#D9E4D0

accent

#B3336F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BCD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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