#AE8EFF#AE8EFF

#AE8EFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.162 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8EFF
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 255)
HSL	hsl(257, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 44.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 35.95, -52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 63.30, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0686 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.162 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1741, 35.5640, 99.0729)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8EFF #DFFF8E

analogous

#8EA6FF #AE8EFF #E68EFF

triadic

#AE8EFF #FFAE8E #8EFFAE

tetradic

#AE8EFF #FF8EA6 #DFFF8E #8EFFE6

square

#AE8EFF #FF8EA6 #DFFF8E #8EFFE6

split-complementary

#AE8EFF #FFE68E #A6FF8E

monochromatic

#5614FF #8251FF #AE8EFF #DACBFF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AE8EFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AE8EFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8EFF

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8EFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8EFF	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6AA2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F9FFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8eff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.162 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9afff',
    500: '#ae8eff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8eff;
$custom-light: #c9afff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8eff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.991,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8EFF

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A5

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#131018

muted

#827F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8EFF

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

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