#AE9CED#AE9CED

#AE9CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CED
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(253, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(253, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 23.65, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 45.06, 301.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0465 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.116 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6264, 38.8894, 85.2596)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CED #DBED9C

analogous

#9CB3ED #AE9CED #D69CED

triadic

#AE9CED #EDAE9C #9CEDAE

tetradic

#AE9CED #ED9CB3 #DBED9C #9CEDD6

square

#AE9CED #ED9CB3 #DBED9C #9CEDD6

split-complementary

#AE9CED #EDD69C #B3ED9C

monochromatic

#5934DA #8468E4 #AE9CED #D8D0F6 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AE9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AE9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CED

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CED	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9f3',
    500: '#ae9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ced;
$custom-light: #c7b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73914,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CED

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D114A7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CED

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

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