#AE8BCF#AE8BCF

#AE8BCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.104 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BCF
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 207)
HSL	hsl(271, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 26.29, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 39.94, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0634 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.104 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9485, 31.9692, 63.1909)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BCF #ACCF8B

analogous

#8C8BCF #AE8BCF #CF8BCE

triadic

#AE8BCF #CFAE8B #8BCFAE

tetradic

#AE8BCF #CF8C8B #ACCF8B #8BCECF

square

#AE8BCF #CF8C8B #ACCF8B #8BCECF

split-complementary

#AE8BCF #CECF8B #8BCF8C

monochromatic

#71419E #9060BD #AE8BCF #CCB6E1 #EAE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE8BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AE8BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BCF

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BCF	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E98D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.104 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7adde',
    500: '#ae8bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bcf;
$custom-light: #c7adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.882,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69415,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BCF

secondary

#DBE5D0

accent

#B53171

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BCF

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

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