#AE8EE8#AE8EE8

#AE8EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.132 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8EE8
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(261, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 38.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 30.34, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 51.16, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0647 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.132 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6907, 34.1706, 80.7275)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8EE8 #C8E88E

analogous

#8E9BE8 #AE8EE8 #DB8EE8

triadic

#AE8EE8 #E8AE8E #8EE8AE

tetradic

#AE8EE8 #E88E9B #C8E88E #8EE8DB

square

#AE8EE8 #E88E9B #C8E88E #8EE8DB

split-complementary

#AE8EE8 #E8DB8E #9BE88E

monochromatic

#662BD1 #8A5BDE #AE8EE8 #D2C1F2 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AE8EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#AE8EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8EE8

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8EE8	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8afef',
    500: '#ae8ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ee8;
$custom-light: #c8afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.333,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8EE8

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CE178D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8EE8

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

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