#AE8BEF#AE8BEF

#AE8BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.146 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8BEF
RGB	rgb(174, 139, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 41.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 33.70, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 56.74, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0701 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.146 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2645, 33.6956, 85.9219)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8BEF #CCEF8B

analogous

#8B9AEF #AE8BEF #E08BEF

triadic

#AE8BEF #EFAE8B #8BEFAE

tetradic

#AE8BEF #EF8B9A #CCEF8B #8BEFE0

square

#AE8BEF #EF8B9A #CCEF8B #8BEFE0

split-complementary

#AE8BEF #EFE08B #9AEF8B

monochromatic

#631FE0 #8855E8 #AE8BEF #D4C1F6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE8BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AE8BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8BEF

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8BEF	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 139, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.146 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8adf4',
    500: '#ae8bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8bef;
$custom-light: #c8adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7094,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8BEF

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D80E91

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8BEF

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

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