#AE9BCA#AE9BCA

#AE9BCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.070 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BCA
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(264, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 16.18, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 26.94, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0383 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.07 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8355, 36.7057, 60.8519)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BCA #B7CA9B

analogous

#9BA0CA #AE9BCA #C59BCA

triadic

#AE9BCA #CAAE9B #9BCAAE

tetradic

#AE9BCA #CA9BA0 #B7CA9B #9BCAC5

square

#AE9BCA #CA9BA0 #B7CA9B #9BCAC5

split-complementary

#AE9BCA #CAC59B #A0CA9B

monochromatic

#6E5199 #8E73B5 #AE9BCA #CEC3DF #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AE9BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#AE9BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BCA

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BCA	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.070 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b8da',
    500: '#ae9bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9bca;
$custom-light: #c6b8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.255,
    "s": 30.719,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72222,
    "c": 0.07015,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BCA

secondary

#E2E7DA

accent

#A93C7D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BCA

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

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