#AE8CF6#AE8CF6

#AE8CF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.153 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CF6
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 43.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 34.85, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 59.80, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0699 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.153 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4642, 34.4082, 91.5225)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CF6 #D4F68C

analogous

#8C9FF6 #AE8CF6 #E38CF6

triadic

#AE8CF6 #F6AE8C #8CF6AE

tetradic

#AE8CF6 #F68C9F #D4F68C #8CF6E3

square

#AE8CF6 #F68C9F #D4F68C #8CF6E3

split-complementary

#AE8CF6 #F6E38C #9FF68C

monochromatic

#5E1AED #8653F2 #AE8CF6 #D6C5FA #EBE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AE8CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AE8CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CF6

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CF6	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D9FFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739DF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9FB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.153 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aef9',
    500: '#ae8cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cf6;
$custom-light: #c8aef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 85.484,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71476,
    "c": 0.15311,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CF6

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E2049B

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F4FF

border

#D1CED7

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CF6

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

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