#AE8CEE#AE8CEE

#AE8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.143 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CEE
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 32.90, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 55.59, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0686 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.143 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2627, 33.9276, 85.1945)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CEE #CCEE8C

analogous

#8C9BEE #AE8CEE #DF8CEE

triadic

#AE8CEE #EEAE8C #8CEEAE

tetradic

#AE8CEE #EE8C9B #CCEE8C #8CEEDF

square

#AE8CEE #EE8C9B #CCEE8C #8CEEDF

split-complementary

#AE8CEE #EEDF8C #9BEE8C

monochromatic

#6321DE #8857E6 #AE8CEE #D4C1F6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AE8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AE8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CEE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CEE	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19DB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.143 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aef4',
    500: '#ae8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cee;
$custom-light: #c8aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71064,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CEE

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D60F91

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CEE

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

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