#AE8ED8#AE8ED8

#AE8ED8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8ED8
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 216)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 26.62, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 42.71, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.0612 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.111 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5207, 33.3026, 69.2984)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8ED8 #B8D88E

analogous

#8E93D8 #AE8ED8 #D38ED8

triadic

#AE8ED8 #D8AE8E #8ED8AE

tetradic

#AE8ED8 #D88E93 #B8D88E #8ED8D3

square

#AE8ED8 #D88E93 #B8D88E #8ED8D3

split-complementary

#AE8ED8 #D8D38E #93D88E

monochromatic

#6E3CAF #8D61C8 #AE8ED8 #CFBBE8 #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE8ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AE8ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8ED8

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8ED8	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A799A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7afe4',
    500: '#ae8ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ed8;
$custom-light: #c7afe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 48.684,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70366,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8ED8

secondary

#E2EBD7

accent

#BC2A7D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8ED8

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

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