#AE8EED#AE8EED

#AE8EED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.138 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8EED
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 40.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 31.54, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 53.80, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0657 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.138 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4111, 34.4588, 84.5212)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8EED #CDED8E

analogous

#8E9EED #AE8EED #DE8EED

triadic

#AE8EED #EDAE8E #8EEDAE

tetradic

#AE8EED #ED8E9E #CDED8E #8EEDDE

square

#AE8EED #ED8E9E #CDED8E #8EEDDE

split-complementary

#AE8EED #EDDE8E #9EED8E

monochromatic

#6224DC #8859E5 #AE8EED #D4C3F5 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AE8EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#AE8EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8EED

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8EED	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29EB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.138 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aff3',
    500: '#ae8eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8eed;
$custom-light: #c8aff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.211,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71367,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8EED

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D51193

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8EED

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

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