#AE8CED#AE8CED

#AE8CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.141 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CED
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 32.66, -44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 55.06, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0684 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.141 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1162, 33.8690, 84.4229)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CED #CBED8C

analogous

#8C9BED #AE8CED #DF8CED

triadic

#AE8CED #EDAE8C #8CEDAE

tetradic

#AE8CED #ED8C9B #CBED8C #8CEDDF

square

#AE8CED #ED8C9B #CBED8C #8CEDDF

split-complementary

#AE8CED #EDDF8C #9BED8C

monochromatic

#6422DC #8957E5 #AE8CED #D3C1F5 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AE8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AE8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CED

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CED	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.141 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aef3',
    500: '#ae8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ced;
$custom-light: #c8aef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.031,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71014,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CED

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D51090

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CED

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

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