#AE9BEA#AE9BEA

#AE9BEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BEA
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 234)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 23.50, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 44.08, 302.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0472 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.114 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0246, 38.3813, 82.9149)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BEA #D7EA9B

analogous

#9BB0EA #AE9BEA #D69BEA

triadic

#AE9BEA #EAAE9B #9BEAAE

tetradic

#AE9BEA #EA9BB0 #D7EA9B #9BEAD6

square

#AE9BEA #EA9BB0 #D7EA9B #9BEAD6

split-complementary

#AE9BEA #EAD69B #B0EA9B

monochromatic

#5C36D5 #8568DF #AE9BEA #D7CEF5 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AE9BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AE9BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BEA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BEA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8f1',
    500: '#ae9bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9bea;
$custom-light: #c7b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.43,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73589,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BEA

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CD18A2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BEA

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

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