#AE8CD9#AE8CD9

#AE8CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.115 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CD9
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(266, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 27.97, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 44.52, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0643 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.115 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3555, 32.7647, 69.8831)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CD9 #B7D98C

analogous

#8C90D9 #AE8CD9 #D58CD9

triadic

#AE8CD9 #D9AE8C #8CD9AE

tetradic

#AE8CD9 #D98C90 #B7D98C #8CD9D5

square

#AE8CD9 #D98C90 #B7D98C #8CD9D5

split-complementary

#AE8CD9 #D9D58C #90D98C

monochromatic

#6E3AB0 #8E5ECA #AE8CD9 #CEBAE8 #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AE8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#AE8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CD9

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CD9	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A798A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.115 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aee5',
    500: '#ae8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cd9;
$custom-light: #c7aee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.494,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70048,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CD9

secondary

#E2EBD6

accent

#BE287C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CD9

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

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