#AE9BEB#AE9BEB

#AE9BEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.115 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BEB
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 235)
HSL	hsl(254, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 23.74, -37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 44.61, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0474 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.115 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1687, 38.4390, 83.6736)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BEB #D8EB9B

analogous

#9BB0EB #AE9BEB #D69BEB

triadic

#AE9BEB #EBAE9B #9BEBAE

tetradic

#AE9BEB #EB9BB0 #D8EB9B #9BEBD6

square

#AE9BEB #EB9BB0 #D8EB9B #9BEBD6

split-complementary

#AE9BEB #EBD69B #B0EB9B

monochromatic

#5B35D7 #8568E1 #AE9BEB #D7CEF5 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AE9BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AE9BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BEB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BEB	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.115 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8f1',
    500: '#ae9beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9beb;
$custom-light: #c7b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73635,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BEB

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CF17A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BEB

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

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