#AE8CF8#AE8CF8

#AE8CF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.156 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CF8
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 43.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 35.34, -49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 60.86, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0702 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.156 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7728, 34.5316, 93.1478)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CF8 #D6F88C

analogous

#8CA0F8 #AE8CF8 #E48CF8

triadic

#AE8CF8 #F8AE8C #8CF8AE

tetradic

#AE8CF8 #F88CA0 #D6F88C #8CF8E4

square

#AE8CF8 #F88CA0 #D6F88C #8CF8E4

split-complementary

#AE8CF8 #F8E48C #A0F88C

monochromatic

#5D19F1 #8552F4 #AE8CF8 #D7C6FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AE8CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#AE8CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CF8

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CF8	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9FFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729DF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.156 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9aefb',
    500: '#ae8cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cf8;
$custom-light: #c9aefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.889,
    "s": 88.525,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CF8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E5009D

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F4FF

border

#D1CED7

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CF8

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

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