#AE8CFA#AE8CFA

#AE8CFA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.158 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8CFA
RGB	rgb(174, 140, 250)
HSL	hsl(259, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 44%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 35.83, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 61.91, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0705 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.158 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0847, 34.6564, 94.7907)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8CFA #D8FA8C

analogous

#8CA1FA #AE8CFA #E58CFA

triadic

#AE8CFA #FAAE8C #8CFAAE

tetradic

#AE8CFA #FA8CA1 #D8FA8C #8CFAE5

square

#AE8CFA #FA8CA1 #D8FA8C #8CFAE5

split-complementary

#AE8CFA #FAE58C #A1FA8C

monochromatic

#5B17F5 #8551F7 #AE8CFA #D7C7FD #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AE8CFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AE8CFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8CFA

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8CFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8CFA	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6AA0FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#709EF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8cfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 140, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.158 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9aefc',
    500: '#ae8cfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8cfa;
$custom-light: #c9aefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8cfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71686,
    "c": 0.15826,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8CFA

secondary

#ECF6D5

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8CFA

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

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