#AE8CE2#AE8CE2

#AE8CE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CE2
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 30.05, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 49.26, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0663 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.127 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5581, 33.2458, 76.2171)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CE2 #C0E28C

analogous

#8C95E2 #AE8CE2 #D98CE2

triadic

#AE8CE2 #E2AE8C #8CE2AE

tetradic

#AE8CE2 #E28C95 #C0E28C #8CE2D9

square

#AE8CE2 #E28C95 #C0E28C #8CE2D9

split-complementary

#AE8CE2 #E2D98C #95E28C

monochromatic

#6B31C3 #8C5BD6 #AE8CE2 #D0BDEE #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AE8CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AE8CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CE2

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CE2	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59AAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aeeb',
    500: '#ae8ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ce2;
$custom-light: #c7aeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.721,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70472,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CE2

secondary

#E7F0DA

accent

#C71E84

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CE2

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

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