#AE8BEB#AE8BEB

#AE8BEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.140 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BEB
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 32.74, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 54.63, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0694 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.14 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6802, 33.4618, 82.8441)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BEB #C8EB8B

analogous

#8B98EB #AE8BEB #DE8BEB

triadic

#AE8BEB #EBAE8B #8BEBAE

tetradic

#AE8BEB #EB8B98 #C8EB8B #8BEBDE

square

#AE8BEB #EB8B98 #C8EB8B #8BEBDE

split-complementary

#AE8BEB #EBDE8B #98EB8B

monochromatic

#6625D7 #8A57E2 #AE8BEB #D2BFF4 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE8BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AE8BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BEB

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BEB	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.140 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8adf2',
    500: '#ae8beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8beb;
$custom-light: #c8adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.875,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BEB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D3138D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BEB

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

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