#AE8CDC#AE8CDC

#AE8CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.119 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CDC
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 28.66, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 46.10, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.065 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.119 303)
XYZ	xyz(39.7492, 32.9222, 71.9568)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CDC #BADC8C

analogous

#8C92DC #AE8CDC #D68CDC

triadic

#AE8CDC #DCAE8C #8CDCAE

tetradic

#AE8CDC #DC8C92 #BADC8C #8CDCD6

square

#AE8CDC #DC8C92 #BADC8C #8CDCD6

split-complementary

#AE8CDC #DCD68C #92DC8C

monochromatic

#6D37B6 #8D5DCE #AE8CDC #CFBBEA #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AE8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AE8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CDC

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CDC	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A699AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.119 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aee7',
    500: '#ae8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cdc;
$custom-light: #c7aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70188,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.32922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CDC

secondary

#E4EDD7

accent

#C1257E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CDC

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

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