#AE9CF8#AE9CF8

#AE9CF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.131 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CF8
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 248)
HSL	hsl(252, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(252, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 37.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 26.34, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 50.96, 301.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0489 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.131 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2830, 39.5521, 93.9846)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CF8 #E6F89C

analogous

#9CB8F8 #AE9CF8 #DC9CF8

triadic

#AE9CF8 #F8AE9C #9CF8AE

tetradic

#AE9CF8 #F89CB8 #E6F89C #9CF8DC

square

#AE9CF8 #F89CB8 #E6F89C #9CF8DC

split-complementary

#AE9CF8 #F8DC9C #B8F89C

monochromatic

#502AF0 #7F63F4 #AE9CF8 #DDD5FC #E8E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AE9CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AE9CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CF8

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CF8	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82AAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A7F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DACBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.131 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9fb',
    500: '#ae9cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9cf8;
$custom-light: #c8b9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.739,
    "s": 86.792,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74437,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CF8

secondary

#EFF5D6

accent

#E302B7

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CF8

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

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