#AE8BDA#AE8BDA

#AE8BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.118 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BDA
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(267, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 28.76, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 45.69, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.066 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.118 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3405, 32.5260, 70.5217)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BDA #B7DA8B

analogous

#8B90DA #AE8BDA #D58BDA

triadic

#AE8BDA #DAAE8B #8BDAAE

tetradic

#AE8BDA #DA8B90 #B7DA8B #8BDAD5

square

#AE8BDA #DA8B90 #B7DA8B #8BDAD5

split-complementary

#AE8BDA #DAD58B #90DA8B

monochromatic

#6E39B2 #8E5DCB #AE8BDA #CEB9E9 #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AE8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BDA

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BDA	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A797A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.118 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ade5',
    500: '#ae8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bda;
$custom-light: #c7ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.582,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69914,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BDA

secondary

#E2EBD5

accent

#BF267B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BDA

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

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