#AE8CD8#AE8CD8

#AE8CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CD8
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(267, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 27.75, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 44.00, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0641 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.114 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2258, 32.7128, 69.2001)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CD8 #B6D88C

analogous

#8C90D8 #AE8CD8 #D48CD8

triadic

#AE8CD8 #D8AE8C #8CD8AE

tetradic

#AE8CD8 #D88C90 #B6D88C #8CD8D4

square

#AE8CD8 #D88C90 #B6D88C #8CD8D4

split-complementary

#AE8CD8 #D8D48C #90D88C

monochromatic

#6F3BAE #8E5EC9 #AE8CD8 #CEBAE7 #EEE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AE8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AE8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CD8

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CD8	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A798A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aee4',
    500: '#ae8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cd8;
$custom-light: #c7aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70002,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CD8

secondary

#E1EBD5

accent

#BD297B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CD8

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

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