#AE8DEC#AE8DEC

#AE8DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.139 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8DEC
RGB	rgb(174, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 31.86, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 53.90, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0668 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.139 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1173, 34.1043, 83.7045)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8DEC #CBEC8D

analogous

#8D9CEC #AE8DEC #DE8DEC

triadic

#AE8DEC #ECAE8D #8DECAE

tetradic

#AE8DEC #EC8D9C #CBEC8D #8DECDE

square

#AE8DEC #EC8D9C #CBEC8D #8DECDE

split-complementary

#AE8DEC #ECDE8D #9CEC8D

monochromatic

#6424DA #8959E3 #AE8DEC #D3C1F5 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AE8DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#AE8DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8DEC

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8DEC	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.139 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aef2',
    500: '#ae8dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8dec;
$custom-light: #c8aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.842,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7114,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8DEC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D31290

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8DEC

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

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