#AE90FF#AE90FF

#AE90FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.159 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE90FF
RGB	rgb(174, 144, 255)
HSL	hsl(256, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 43.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 34.83, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 62.07, 304.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.066 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.159 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4743, 36.1644, 99.1729)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE90FF #E1FF90

analogous

#90A9FF #AE90FF #E590FF

triadic

#AE90FF #FFAE90 #90FFAE

tetradic

#AE90FF #FF90A9 #E1FF90 #90FFE5

square

#AE90FF #FF90A9 #E1FF90 #90FFE5

split-complementary

#AE90FF #FFE590 #A9FF90

monochromatic

#5516FF #8153FF #AE90FF #DBCDFF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AE90FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AE90FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE90FF

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE90FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE90FF	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6DA3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72A0FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae90ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 144, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.159 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b1ff',
    500: '#ae90ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae90ff;
$custom-light: #c9b1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae90ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.216,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72644,
    "c": 0.15867,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE90FF

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600A7

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F5FF

border

#D2CFD7

text

#131018

muted

#827F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE90FF

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

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