#AE8DCC#AE8DCC

#AE8DCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.097 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8DCC
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 204)
HSL	hsl(271, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 30.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 24.50, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 37.08, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.0596 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.097 308)
XYZ	xyz(37.8775, 32.4084, 61.3750)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8DCC #ABCC8D

analogous

#8F8DCC #AE8DCC #CC8DCA

triadic

#AE8DCC #CCAE8D #8DCCAE

tetradic

#AE8DCC #CC8F8D #ABCC8D #8DCACC

square

#AE8DCC #CC8F8D #ABCC8D #8DCACC

split-complementary

#AE8DCC #CACC8D #8DCC8F

monochromatic

#71459A #9063B9 #AE8DCC #CCB7DF #EAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AE8DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AE8DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8DCC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8DCC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA96A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.097 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aedb',
    500: '#ae8dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8dcc;
$custom-light: #c7aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69652,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.32408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8DCC

secondary

#DAE4D1

accent

#B13470

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8DCC

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

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