#AE90EE#AE90EE

#AE90EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.136 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE90EE
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 39.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 30.65, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 53.08, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0631 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.136 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8578, 35.1179, 85.3928)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE90EE #D0EE90

analogous

#90A1EE #AE90EE #DD90EE

triadic

#AE90EE #EEAE90 #90EEAE

tetradic

#AE90EE #EE90A1 #D0EE90 #90EEDD

square

#AE90EE #EE90A1 #D0EE90 #90EEDD

split-complementary

#AE90EE #EEDD90 #A1EE90

monochromatic

#6126DE #875BE6 #AE90EE #D5C5F6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AE90EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AE90EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE90EE

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE90EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE90EE	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae90ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.136 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b1f4',
    500: '#ae90ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae90ee;
$custom-light: #c8b1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae90ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71772,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE90EE

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D61096

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F5FD

border

#D1CFD5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE90EE

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

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