#AE9DCD#AE9DCD

#AE9DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.071 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9DCD
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(261, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 15.71, -22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 27.26, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0363 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.071 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5297, 37.5203, 62.8527)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9DCD #BCCD9D

analogous

#9DA4CD #AE9DCD #C69DCD

triadic

#AE9DCD #CDAE9D #9DCDAE

tetradic

#AE9DCD #CD9DA4 #BCCD9D #9DCDC6

square

#AE9DCD #CD9DA4 #BCCD9D #9DCDC6

split-complementary

#AE9DCD #CDC69D #A4CD9D

monochromatic

#6C519F #8D74B8 #AE9DCD #CFC6E2 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AE9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AE9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9DCD

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9DCD	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.071 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6badc',
    500: '#ae9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9dcd;
$custom-light: #c6badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.07085,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9DCD

secondary

#E5E9DD

accent

#AB3A83

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9DCD

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

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