#AE8ECB#AE8ECB

#AE8ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.094 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8ECB
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(271, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 23.72, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 35.91, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0579 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.094 308)
XYZ	xyz(37.9061, 32.6568, 60.7948)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8ECB #ABCB8E

analogous

#8F8ECB #AE8ECB #CB8ECA

triadic

#AE8ECB #CBAE8E #8ECBAE

tetradic

#AE8ECB #CB8F8E #ABCB8E #8ECACB

square

#AE8ECB #CB8F8E #ABCB8E #8ECACB

split-complementary

#AE8ECB #CACB8E #8ECB8F

monochromatic

#714698 #9064B8 #AE8ECB #CCB8DE #EAE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AE8ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AE8ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8ECB

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8ECB	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA96A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.094 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7afdb',
    500: '#ae8ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ecb;
$custom-light: #c7afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.475,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69794,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.32656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8ECB

secondary

#DAE4D1

accent

#B03670

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8ECB

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

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