#AE8CE8#AE8CE8

#AE8CE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CE8
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 232)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 39.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 31.47, -41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 52.42, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0675 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.135 300)
XYZ	xyz(41.3958, 33.5808, 80.6292)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CE8 #C6E88C

analogous

#8C98E8 #AE8CE8 #DC8CE8

triadic

#AE8CE8 #E8AE8C #8CE8AE

tetradic

#AE8CE8 #E88C98 #C6E88C #8CE8DC

square

#AE8CE8 #E88C98 #C6E88C #8CE8DC

split-complementary

#AE8CE8 #E8DC8C #98E88C

monochromatic

#672AD0 #8A59DE #AE8CE8 #D2BFF2 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE8CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AE8CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CE8

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CE8	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39BAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aeef',
    500: '#ae8ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ce8;
$custom-light: #c8aeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.174,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70764,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.33581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CE8

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF178B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CE8

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

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