#AE9BEC#AE9BEC

#AE9BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BEC
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 23.98, -38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 45.15, 302.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0476 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.116 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3136, 38.4969, 84.4366)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BEC #D9EC9B

analogous

#9BB1EC #AE9BEC #D79BEC

triadic

#AE9BEC #ECAE9B #9BECAE

tetradic

#AE9BEC #EC9BB1 #D9EC9B #9BECD7

square

#AE9BEC #EC9BB1 #D9EC9B #9BECD7

split-complementary

#AE9BEC #ECD79B #B1EC9B

monochromatic

#5B34D8 #8468E2 #AE9BEC #D8CEF6 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AE9BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AE9BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BEC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BEC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b8f2',
    500: '#ae9bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9bec;
$custom-light: #c7b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.074,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73682,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BEC

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D016A4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BEC

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

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