#AE9CD2#AE9CD2

#AE9CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.079 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CD2
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(260, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 17.38, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 30.57, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0393 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.079 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9744, 37.4286, 66.0261)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CD2 #C0D29C

analogous

#9CA5D2 #AE9CD2 #C99CD2

triadic

#AE9CD2 #D2AE9C #9CD2AE

tetradic

#AE9CD2 #D29CA5 #C0D29C #9CD2C9

square

#AE9CD2 #D29CA5 #C0D29C #9CD2C9

split-complementary

#AE9CD2 #D2C99C #A5D29C

monochromatic

#6B4CA7 #8C72BF #AE9CD2 #D0C6E5 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AE9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#AE9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CD2

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CD2	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.079 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9e0',
    500: '#ae9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9cd2;
$custom-light: #c6b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72736,
    "c": 0.07934,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CD2

secondary

#E7ECDE

accent

#B03587

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CD2

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

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