#AE8BEC#AE8BEC

#AE8BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.142 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BEC
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 32.98, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 55.16, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0696 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.142 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8250, 33.5198, 83.6071)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BEC #C9EC8B

analogous

#8B98EC #AE8BEC #DE8BEC

triadic

#AE8BEC #ECAE8B #8BECAE

tetradic

#AE8BEC #EC8B98 #C9EC8B #8BECDE

square

#AE8BEC #EC8B98 #C9EC8B #8BECDE

split-complementary

#AE8BEC #ECDE8B #98EC8B

monochromatic

#6524D9 #8956E3 #AE8BEC #D3C0F5 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE8BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AE8BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BEC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BEC	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.142 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8adf2',
    500: '#ae8bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bec;
$custom-light: #c8adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.649,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70788,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BEC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D4128E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BEC

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

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