#AE8CD4#AE8CD4

#AE8CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CD4
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(268, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 26.84, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 41.90, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0631 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.109 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7150, 32.5085, 66.5098)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CD4 #B2D48C

analogous

#8C8ED4 #AE8CD4 #D28CD4

triadic

#AE8CD4 #D4AE8C #8CD4AE

tetradic

#AE8CD4 #D48C8E #B2D48C #8CD4D2

square

#AE8CD4 #D48C8E #B2D48C #8CD4D2

split-complementary

#AE8CD4 #D4D28C #8ED48C

monochromatic

#703EA7 #8F5FC3 #AE8CD4 #CDB9E5 #EDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AE8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CD4

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CD4	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D99D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A897A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aee1',
    500: '#ae8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cd4;
$custom-light: #c7aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6982,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CD4

secondary

#DEE8D3

accent

#B92D77

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CD4

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

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