#AE9BD2#AE9BD2

#AE9BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.081 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BD2
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(261, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 17.94, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 31.21, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0408 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.081 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8073, 37.0944, 65.9704)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BD2 #BFD29B

analogous

#9BA4D2 #AE9BD2 #CA9BD2

triadic

#AE9BD2 #D2AE9B #9BD2AE

tetradic

#AE9BD2 #D29BA4 #BFD29B #9BD2CA

square

#AE9BD2 #D29BA4 #BFD29B #9BD2CA

split-complementary

#AE9BD2 #D2CA9B #A4D29B

monochromatic

#6B4BA7 #8C71BF #AE9BD2 #D0C5E5 #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AE9BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AE9BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BD2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BD2	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.081 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b8e0',
    500: '#ae9bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9bd2;
$custom-light: #c6b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72544,
    "c": 0.08099,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BD2

secondary

#E7EBDD

accent

#B13586

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BD2

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