#AE9CCB#AE9CCB

#AE9CCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.070 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CCB
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 203)
HSL	hsl(263, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(263, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 15.84, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 26.83, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0372 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.07 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1214, 37.0874, 61.5332)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CCB #B9CB9C

analogous

#9CA1CB #AE9CCB #C69CCB

triadic

#AE9CCB #CBAE9C #9CCBAE

tetradic

#AE9CCB #CB9CA1 #B9CB9C #9CCBC6

square

#AE9CCB #CB9CA1 #B9CB9C #9CCBC6

split-complementary

#AE9CCB #CBC69C #A1CB9C

monochromatic

#6E519B #8D74B6 #AE9CCB #CFC4E0 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AE9CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AE9CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CCB

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CCB	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.070 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9db',
    500: '#ae9ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ccb;
$custom-light: #c6b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.979,
    "s": 31.126,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72455,
    "c": 0.06981,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CCB

secondary

#E3E8DB

accent

#AA3C80

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CCB

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

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