#AE8DCA#AE8DCA

#AE8DCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.094 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8DCA
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(272, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 24.07, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 36.05, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.0591 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.094 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6392, 32.3130, 60.1198)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8DCA #A9CA8D

analogous

#908DCA #AE8DCA #CA8DC8

triadic

#AE8DCA #CAAE8D #8DCAAE

tetradic

#AE8DCA #CA908D #A9CA8D #8DC8CA

square

#AE8DCA #CA908D #A9CA8D #8DC8CA

split-complementary

#AE8DCA #C8CA8D #8DCA90

monochromatic

#724697 #9063B7 #AE8DCA #CCB7DD #E9E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE8DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#AE8DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8DCA

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8DCA	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB95A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.094 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aeda',
    500: '#ae8dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8dca;
$custom-light: #c7aeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.459,
    "s": 36.527,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69566,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8DCA

secondary

#D9E3D0

accent

#AF366E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8DCA

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

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