#AE8CD2#AE8CD2

#AE8CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.106 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CD2
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(269, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 26.39, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 40.86, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0626 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.106 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4642, 32.4082, 65.1893)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CD2 #B0D28C

analogous

#8C8DD2 #AE8CD2 #D18CD2

triadic

#AE8CD2 #D2AE8C #8CD2AE

tetradic

#AE8CD2 #D28C8D #B0D28C #8CD2D1

square

#AE8CD2 #D28C8D #B0D28C #8CD2D1

split-complementary

#AE8CD2 #D2D18C #8DD28C

monochromatic

#7040A4 #8F60C1 #AE8CD2 #CDB8E3 #ECE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AE8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CD2

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CD2	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E99D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A996A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.106 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aee0',
    500: '#ae8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cd2;
$custom-light: #c7aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69731,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CD2

secondary

#DDE7D2

accent

#B72F75

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CD2

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

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