#AE8BE2#AE8BE2

#AE8BE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BE2
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 30.62, -39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 49.89, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0677 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.129 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4127, 32.9548, 76.1686)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BE2 #BFE28B

analogous

#8B94E2 #AE8BE2 #DA8BE2

triadic

#AE8BE2 #E2AE8B #8BE2AE

tetradic

#AE8BE2 #E28B94 #BFE28B #8BE2DA

square

#AE8BE2 #E28B94 #BFE28B #8BE2DA

split-complementary

#AE8BE2 #E2DA8B #94E28B

monochromatic

#6B31C2 #8C5AD6 #AE8BE2 #D0BCEE #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AE8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AE8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BE2

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BE2	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A599AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7adeb',
    500: '#ae8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8be2;
$custom-light: #c7adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.138,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70294,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BE2

secondary

#E7F0D9

accent

#C81E83

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BE2

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

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