#AE8CD0#AE8CD0

#AE8CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.104 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CD0
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 25.95, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 39.81, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0621 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.104 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2166, 32.3092, 63.8853)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CD0 #AED08C

analogous

#8C8CD0 #AE8CD0 #D08CD0

triadic

#AE8CD0 #D0AE8C #8CD0AE

tetradic

#AE8CD0 #D08C8C #AED08C #8CD0D0

square

#AE8CD0 #D08C8C #AED08C #8CD0D0

split-complementary

#AE8CD0 #D0D08C #8CD08C

monochromatic

#7141A0 #8F61BE #AE8CD0 #CDB7E2 #EBE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#AE8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CD0

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CD0	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F99D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A996A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.104 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aede',
    500: '#ae8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cd0;
$custom-light: #c7aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69642,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CD0

secondary

#DCE6D2

accent

#B53073

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CD0

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

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