#AE8BEE#AE8BEE

#AE8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.144 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BEE
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 33.46, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 56.21, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0699 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.144 299)
XYZ	xyz(42.1172, 33.6367, 85.1460)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BEE #CBEE8B

analogous

#8B9AEE #AE8BEE #E08BEE

triadic

#AE8BEE #EEAE8B #8BEEAE

tetradic

#AE8BEE #EE8B9A #CBEE8B #8BEEE0

square

#AE8BEE #EE8B9A #CBEE8B #8BEEE0

split-complementary

#AE8BEE #EEE08B #9AEE8B

monochromatic

#6421DE #8956E6 #AE8BEE #D3C0F6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AE8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BEE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BEE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.144 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8adf4',
    500: '#ae8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bee;
$custom-light: #c8adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.212,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70889,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.33637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BEE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70F90

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BEE

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

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