#AE8DCE#AE8DCE

#AE8DCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.100 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8DCE
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(270, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 24.94, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 38.12, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0602 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.1 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1189, 32.5049, 62.6465)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8DCE #ADCE8D

analogous

#8D8DCE #AE8DCE #CE8DCD

triadic

#AE8DCE #CEAE8D #8DCEAE

tetradic

#AE8DCE #CE8D8D #ADCE8D #8DCDCE

square

#AE8DCE #CE8D8D #ADCE8D #8DCDCE

split-complementary

#AE8DCE #CDCE8D #8DCE8D

monochromatic

#71449D #9062BC #AE8DCE #CCB8E0 #EBE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AE8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8DCE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8DCE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA96A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.100 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aedd',
    500: '#ae8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8dce;
$custom-light: #c7aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.462,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69738,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8DCE

secondary

#DBE5D1

accent

#B33372

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8DCE

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

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