#AE8CD3#AE8CD3

#AE8CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.108 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CD3
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 26.62, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 41.38, 310.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0629 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.108 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5892, 32.4582, 65.8475)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CD3 #B1D38C

analogous

#8C8ED3 #AE8CD3 #D28CD3

triadic

#AE8CD3 #D3AE8C #8CD3AE

tetradic

#AE8CD3 #D38C8E #B1D38C #8CD3D2

square

#AE8CD3 #D38C8E #B1D38C #8CD3D2

split-complementary

#AE8CD3 #D3D28C #8ED38C

monochromatic

#703FA5 #8F60C2 #AE8CD3 #CDB8E4 #ECE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE8CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AE8CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CD3

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CD3	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E99D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A996A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.108 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aee0',
    500: '#ae8cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cd3;
$custom-light: #c7aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69775,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CD3

secondary

#DEE8D3

accent

#B82E76

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CD3

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

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