#AE8EAE#AE8EAE

#AE8EAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.059 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8EAE
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 17.74, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 21.54, 325.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0489 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.059 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7676, 31.4014, 44.2658)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8EAE #8EAE8E

analogous

#9E8EAE #AE8EAE #AE8E9E

triadic

#AE8EAE #AEAE8E #8EAEAE

tetradic

#AE8EAE #AE9E8E #8EAE8E #8E9EAE

square

#AE8EAE #AE9E8E #8EAE8E #8E9EAE

split-complementary

#AE8EAE #9EAE8E #8EAE9E

monochromatic

#715171 #946A94 #AE8EAE #C8B2C8 #E1D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AE8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AE8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8EAE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8EAE	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.059 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6afc6',
    500: '#ae8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8eae;
$custom-light: #c6afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68655,
    "c": 0.05886,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8EAE

secondary

#C6D2C6

accent

#9B4B4B

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8EAE

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

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