#AE8CB2#AE8CB2

#AE8CB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.067 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CB2
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(294, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(294, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 19.65, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 24.74, 322.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0534 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.067 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8685, 30.9699, 46.2518)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CB2 #90B28C

analogous

#9B8CB2 #AE8CB2 #B28CA3

triadic

#AE8CB2 #B2AE8C #8CB2AE

tetradic

#AE8CB2 #B29B8C #90B28C #8CA3B2

square

#AE8CB2 #B29B8C #90B28C #8CA3B2

split-complementary

#AE8CB2 #A3B28C #8CB29B

monochromatic

#714E75 #946799 #AE8CB2 #C8B1CB #E2D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AE8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CB2

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CB2	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.067 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6adc9',
    500: '#ae8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cb2;
$custom-light: #c6adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 19.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68419,
    "c": 0.06698,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CB2

secondary

#C7D4C6

accent

#9E4750

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CB2

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

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