#AE9BE5#AE9BE5

#AE9BE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BE5
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 229)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(255, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 32.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 22.31, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 41.39, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0459 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.107 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3165, 38.0981, 79.1851)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BE5 #D2E59B

analogous

#9BADE5 #AE9BE5 #D39BE5

triadic

#AE9BE5 #E5AE9B #9BE5AE

tetradic

#AE9BE5 #E59BAD #D2E59B #9BE5D3

square

#AE9BE5 #E59BAD #D2E59B #9BE5D3

split-complementary

#AE9BE5 #E5D39B #ADE59B

monochromatic

#5F3ACC #876AD8 #AE9BE5 #D5CCF2 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AE9BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AE9BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BE5

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BE5	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8ed',
    500: '#ae9be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9be5;
$custom-light: #c7b8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.405,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73362,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BE5

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C61F9B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BE5

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

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