#AE9DEC#AE9DEC

#AE9DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9DEC
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(253, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(253, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 22.85, -37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 43.91, 301.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0449 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.113 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6492, 39.1681, 84.5485)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9DEC #DBEC9D

analogous

#9DB4EC #AE9DEC #D59DEC

triadic

#AE9DEC #ECAE9D #9DECAE

tetradic

#AE9DEC #EC9DB4 #DBEC9D #9DECD5

square

#AE9DEC #EC9DB4 #DBEC9D #9DECD5

split-complementary

#AE9DEC #ECD59D #B4EC9D

monochromatic

#5936D8 #846AE2 #AE9DEC #D8D0F6 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AE9DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AE9DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9DEC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9DEC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7baf2',
    500: '#ae9dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9dec;
$custom-light: #c7baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.911,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9DEC

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#CF16A8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9DEC

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

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