#AE8CEB#AE8CEB

#AE8CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.139 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CEB
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 40.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 32.18, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 54.00, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.068 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.139 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8256, 33.7528, 82.8926)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CEB #C9EB8C

analogous

#8C99EB #AE8CEB #DD8CEB

triadic

#AE8CEB #EBAE8C #8CEBAE

tetradic

#AE8CEB #EB8C99 #C9EB8C #8CEBDD

square

#AE8CEB #EB8C99 #C9EB8C #8CEBDD

split-complementary

#AE8CEB #EBDD8C #99EB8C

monochromatic

#6525D7 #8958E2 #AE8CEB #D3C0F4 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AE8CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AE8CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CEB

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CEB	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.139 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aef2',
    500: '#ae8ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ceb;
$custom-light: #c8aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.474,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70913,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CEB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D2138E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CEB

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

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