#AE9CFA#AE9CFA

#AE9CFA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CFA
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 250)
HSL	hsl(251, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 37.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 26.84, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 52.03, 301.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0493 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.134 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5950, 39.6768, 95.6274)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CFA #E8FA9C

analogous

#9CB9FA #AE9CFA #DD9CFA

triadic

#AE9CFA #FAAE9C #9CFAAE

tetradic

#AE9CFA #FA9CB9 #E8FA9C #9CFADD

square

#AE9CFA #FA9CB9 #E8FA9C #9CFADD

split-complementary

#AE9CFA #FADD9C #B9FA9C

monochromatic

#4F27F4 #7E62F7 #AE9CFA #DED6FD #E7E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AE9CFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AE9CFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CFA

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CFA	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ABFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A7F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9cfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b9fc',
    500: '#ae9cfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9cfa;
$custom-light: #c8b9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9cfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.489,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74534,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CFA

secondary

#EFF6D5

accent

#E600BA

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CFA

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

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