#AE90EF#AE90EF

#AE90EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE90EF
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 39.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 30.89, -43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 53.61, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0633 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.138 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0051, 35.1768, 86.1687)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE90EF #D1EF90

analogous

#90A2EF #AE90EF #DD90EF

triadic

#AE90EF #EFAE90 #90EFAE

tetradic

#AE90EF #EF90A2 #D1EF90 #90EFDD

square

#AE90EF #EF90A2 #D1EF90 #90EFDD

split-complementary

#AE90EF #EFDD90 #A2EF90

monochromatic

#6025E0 #875BE7 #AE90EF #D5C5F7 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AE90EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AE90EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE90EF

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE90EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE90EF	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae90ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b1f4',
    500: '#ae90ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae90ef;
$custom-light: #c8b1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae90ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 74.803,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE90EF

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D70F98

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F5FD

border

#D1CFD5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE90EF

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

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