#AE8EE9#AE8EE9

#AE8EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.133 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8EE9
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 30.58, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 51.69, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0649 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.133 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8332, 34.2276, 81.4777)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8EE9 #C9E98E

analogous

#8E9BE9 #AE8EE9 #DB8EE9

triadic

#AE8EE9 #E9AE8E #8EE9AE

tetradic

#AE8EE9 #E98E9B #C9E98E #8EE9DB

square

#AE8EE9 #E98E9B #C9E98E #8EE9DB

split-complementary

#AE8EE9 #E9DB8E #9BE98E

monochromatic

#6529D3 #895BDF #AE8EE9 #D3C1F3 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AE8EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#AE8EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8EE9

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8EE9	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.133 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aff0',
    500: '#ae8ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ee9;
$custom-light: #c8aff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.099,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71169,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8EE9

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#CF168E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8EE9

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

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