#AE8CF9#AE8CF9

#AE8CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.157 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CF9
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 249)
HSL	hsl(259, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 43.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 35.58, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 61.38, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0703 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.157 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9284, 34.5939, 93.9671)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CF9 #D7F98C

analogous

#8CA1F9 #AE8CF9 #E58CF9

triadic

#AE8CF9 #F9AE8C #8CF9AE

tetradic

#AE8CF9 #F98CA1 #D7F98C #8CF9E5

square

#AE8CF9 #F98CA1 #D7F98C #8CF9E5

split-complementary

#AE8CF9 #F9E58C #A1F98C

monochromatic

#5C18F3 #8552F6 #AE8CF9 #D7C6FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AE8CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#AE8CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CF9

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CF9	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9FFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#719EF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.157 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9aefc',
    500: '#ae8cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cf9;
$custom-light: #c9aefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.716,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71633,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CF9

secondary

#ECF6D5

accent

#E6009E

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F8F4FF

border

#D1CED7

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CF9

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

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