#AE9DF6#AE9DF6

#AE9DF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9DF6
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 246)
HSL	hsl(251, 83%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 36.2%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 25.29, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 49.27, 300.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0471 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.127 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1429, 39.7656, 92.4154)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9DF6 #E5F69D

analogous

#9DB9F6 #AE9DF6 #DB9DF6

triadic

#AE9DF6 #F6AE9D #9DF6AE

tetradic

#AE9DF6 #F69DB9 #E5F69D #9DF6DB

square

#AE9DF6 #F69DB9 #E5F69D #9DF6DB

split-complementary

#AE9DF6 #F6DB9D #B9F69D

monochromatic

#512DEC #8065F1 #AE9DF6 #DCD5FB #E8E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AE9DF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AE9DF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9DF6

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9DF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9DF6	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84ABFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A7F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EADBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9df6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8baf9',
    500: '#ae9df6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9df6;
$custom-light: #c8baf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9df6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.461,
    "s": 83.178,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74525,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9DF6

secondary

#EFF4D7

accent

#E006B6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9DF6

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

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