#AE90CD#AE90CD

#AE90CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.093 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE90CD
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 23.03, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 35.65, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0555 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.093 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4462, 33.3532, 62.1582)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE90CD #AFCD90

analogous

#9090CD #AE90CD #CC90CD

triadic

#AE90CD #CDAE90 #90CDAE

tetradic

#AE90CD #CD9090 #AFCD90 #90CDCC

square

#AE90CD #CD9090 #AFCD90 #90CDCC

split-complementary

#AE90CD #CDCC90 #90CD90

monochromatic

#71469C #8F66BA #AE90CD #CDBAE0 #ECE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AE90CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AE90CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE90CD

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE90CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE90CD	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA99A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae90cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.093 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b0dc',
    500: '#ae90cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae90cd;
$custom-light: #c7b0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae90cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE90CD

secondary

#DDE6D3

accent

#B13574

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FB

border

#D1CFD4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE90CD

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

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