#AE8EDA#AE8EDA

#AE8EDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.113 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8EDA
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(265, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 27.07, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 43.77, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0617 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.113 303)
XYZ	xyz(39.7808, 33.4067, 70.6685)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8EDA #BADA8E

analogous

#8E94DA #AE8EDA #D48EDA

triadic

#AE8EDA #DAAE8E #8EDAAE

tetradic

#AE8EDA #DA8E94 #BADA8E #8EDAD4

square

#AE8EDA #DA8E94 #BADA8E #8EDAD4

split-complementary

#AE8EDA #DAD48E #94DA8E

monochromatic

#6D3BB3 #8D60CB #AE8EDA #CFBCE9 #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AE8EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AE8EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8EDA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8EDA	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79AAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.113 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7afe5',
    500: '#ae8eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8eda;
$custom-light: #c7afe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70457,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.33407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8EDA

secondary

#E4ECD8

accent

#BE277F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8EDA

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

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