#AE8DCD#AE8DCD

#AE8DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.098 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8DCD
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 24.72, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 37.60, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0599 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.098 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9978, 32.4565, 62.0087)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8DCD #ACCD8D

analogous

#8E8DCD #AE8DCD #CD8DCC

triadic

#AE8DCD #CDAE8D #8DCDAE

tetradic

#AE8DCD #CD8E8D #ACCD8D #8DCCCD

square

#AE8DCD #CD8E8D #ACCD8D #8DCCCD

split-complementary

#AE8DCD #CCCD8D #8DCD8E

monochromatic

#71449B #9062BA #AE8DCD #CCB8E0 #EAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AE8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8DCD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8DCD	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA96A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.098 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aedc',
    500: '#ae8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8dcd;
$custom-light: #c7aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.938,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69695,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8DCD

secondary

#DBE5D1

accent

#B23371

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8DCD

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

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