#AE8CD5#AE8CD5

#AE8CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CD5
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(268, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 27.07, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 42.43, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0634 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.11 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8415, 32.5591, 67.1762)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CD5 #B3D58C

analogous

#8C8FD5 #AE8CD5 #D38CD5

triadic

#AE8CD5 #D5AE8C #8CD5AE

tetradic

#AE8CD5 #D58C8F #B3D58C #8CD5D3

square

#AE8CD5 #D58C8F #B3D58C #8CD5D3

split-complementary

#AE8CD5 #D5D38C #8FD58C

monochromatic

#703EA9 #8E5FC5 #AE8CD5 #CEB9E5 #EDE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AE8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CD5

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CD5	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D99D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A897A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aee2',
    500: '#ae8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cd5;
$custom-light: #c7aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.945,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69865,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CD5

secondary

#DFE9D4

accent

#BA2C78

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CD5

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

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