#AE8EDD#AE8EDD

#AE8EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8EDD
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(264, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 27.76, -35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 45.35, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0624 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.117 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1769, 33.5651, 72.7547)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8EDD #BDDD8E

analogous

#8E95DD #AE8EDD #D58EDD

triadic

#AE8EDD #DDAE8E #8EDDAE

tetradic

#AE8EDD #DD8E95 #BDDD8E #8EDDD5

square

#AE8EDD #DD8E95 #BDDD8E #8EDDD5

split-complementary

#AE8EDD #DDD58E #95DD8E

monochromatic

#6C38B9 #8C5FCF #AE8EDD #D0BDEB #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AE8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AE8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8EDD

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8EDD	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69AAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7afe8',
    500: '#ae8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8edd;
$custom-light: #c7afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.304,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70596,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8EDD

secondary

#E5EED9

accent

#C12482

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8EDD

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

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