#AE8DEB#AE8DEB

#AE8DEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8DEB
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 31.62, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 53.38, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0667 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.137 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9724, 34.0463, 82.9415)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8DEB #CAEB8D

analogous

#8D9BEB #AE8DEB #DD8DEB

triadic

#AE8DEB #EBAE8D #8DEBAE

tetradic

#AE8DEB #EB8D9B #CAEB8D #8DEBDD

square

#AE8DEB #EB8D9B #CAEB8D #8DEBDD

split-complementary

#AE8DEB #EBDD8D #9BEB8D

monochromatic

#6426D8 #8959E2 #AE8DEB #D3C1F4 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE8DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#AE8DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8DEB

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8DEB	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aef2',
    500: '#ae8deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8deb;
$custom-light: #c8aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.064,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7109,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8DEB

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D2138F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8DEB

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

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