#AE9BE2#AE9BE2

#AE9BE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BE2
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 21.60, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 39.78, 302.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0452 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.103 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9012, 37.9320, 76.9981)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BE2 #CFE29B

analogous

#9BACE2 #AE9BE2 #D19BE2

triadic

#AE9BE2 #E2AE9B #9BE2AE

tetradic

#AE9BE2 #E29BAC #CFE29B #9BE2D1

square

#AE9BE2 #E29BAC #CFE29B #9BE2D1

split-complementary

#AE9BE2 #E2D19B #ACE29B

monochromatic

#613CC6 #886CD4 #AE9BE2 #D4CAF0 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AE9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AE9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BE2

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BE2	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8eb',
    500: '#ae9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9be2;
$custom-light: #c7b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.056,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BE2

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C32398

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BE2

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

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