#AE8BED#AE8BED

#AE8BED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.143 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BED
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 41.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 33.22, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 55.69, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0698 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.143 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9707, 33.5781, 84.3744)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BED #CAED8B

analogous

#8B99ED #AE8BED #DF8BED

triadic

#AE8BED #EDAE8B #8BEDAE

tetradic

#AE8BED #ED8B99 #CAED8B #8BEDDF

square

#AE8BED #ED8B99 #CAED8B #8BEDDF

split-complementary

#AE8BED #EDDF8B #99ED8B

monochromatic

#6422DC #8956E5 #AE8BED #D3C0F5 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE8BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AE8BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BED

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BED	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.143 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8adf3',
    500: '#ae8bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bed;
$custom-light: #c8adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BED

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D5108F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BED

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

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