#AE9DCA#AE9DCA

#AE9DCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.067 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9DCA
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(263, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(263, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 15.06, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 25.66, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0354 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.067 302)
XYZ	xyz(40.1711, 37.3769, 60.9638)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9DCA #B9CA9D

analogous

#9DA2CA #AE9DCA #C49DCA

triadic

#AE9DCA #CAAE9D #9DCAAE

tetradic

#AE9DCA #CA9DA2 #B9CA9D #9DCAC4

square

#AE9DCA #CA9DA2 #B9CA9D #9DCAC4

split-complementary

#AE9DCA #CAC49D #A2CA9D

monochromatic

#6E539A #8D75B5 #AE9DCA #CFC5DF #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AE9DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AE9DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9DCA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9DCA	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.067 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bada',
    500: '#ae9dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9dca;
$custom-light: #c6bada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.667,
    "s": 29.801,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7261,
    "c": 0.06677,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.37377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9DCA

secondary

#E3E8DB

accent

#A83D80

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9DCA

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

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