#AE8CEA#AE8CEA

#AE8CEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.138 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CEA
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(262, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 40.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 31.94, -42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 53.48, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0678 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.138 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6815, 33.6951, 82.1338)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CEA #C8EA8C

analogous

#8C99EA #AE8CEA #DD8CEA

triadic

#AE8CEA #EAAE8C #8CEAAE

tetradic

#AE8CEA #EA8C99 #C8EA8C #8CEADD

square

#AE8CEA #EA8C99 #C8EA8C #8CEADD

split-complementary

#AE8CEA #EADD8C #99EA8C

monochromatic

#6627D5 #8A58E1 #AE8CEA #D2C0F3 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE8CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AE8CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CEA

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CEA	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.138 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aef1',
    500: '#ae8cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cea;
$custom-light: #c8aef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.702,
    "s": 69.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70863,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CEA

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D1148D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CEA

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

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