#AE9BEE#AE9BEE

#AE9BEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.119 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BEE
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(254, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 24.46, -39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 46.22, 301.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0481 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.119 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6058, 38.6138, 85.9755)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BEE #DBEE9B

analogous

#9BB2EE #AE9BEE #D89BEE

triadic

#AE9BEE #EEAE9B #9BEEAE

tetradic

#AE9BEE #EE9BB2 #DBEE9B #9BEED8

square

#AE9BEE #EE9BB2 #DBEE9B #9BEED8

split-complementary

#AE9BEE #EED89B #B2EE9B

monochromatic

#5932DC #8467E5 #AE9BEE #D8CFF7 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AE9BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AE9BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BEE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BEE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.119 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b8f4',
    500: '#ae9bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9bee;
$custom-light: #c8b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.735,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73775,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BEE

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D313A7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BEE

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

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