#AE9BCD#AE9BCD

#AE9BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.074 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BCD
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(263, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(263, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 16.84, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 28.54, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0393 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.074 302)
XYZ	xyz(40.1941, 36.8491, 62.7408)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BCD #BACD9B

analogous

#9BA1CD #AE9BCD #C79BCD

triadic

#AE9BCD #CDAE9B #9BCDAE

tetradic

#AE9BCD #CD9BA1 #BACD9B #9BCDC7

square

#AE9BCD #CD9BA1 #BACD9B #9BCDC7

split-complementary

#AE9BCD #CDC79B #A1CD9B

monochromatic

#6D4F9E #8D72B9 #AE9BCD #CFC4E1 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AE9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AE9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BCD

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BCD	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.074 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b8dc',
    500: '#ae9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9bcd;
$custom-light: #c6b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.8,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.0742,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.36849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BCD

secondary

#E4E9DB

accent

#AC3981

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BCD

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

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