#AE9ED4#AE9ED4

#AE9ED4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.079 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9ED4
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 212)
HSL	hsl(258, 39%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 25.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 16.70, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 30.38, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.037 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.079 298)
XYZ	xyz(41.5635, 38.2057, 67.4593)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9ED4 #C4D49E

analogous

#9EA9D4 #AE9ED4 #C99ED4

triadic

#AE9ED4 #D4AE9E #9ED4AE

tetradic

#AE9ED4 #D49EA9 #C4D49E #9ED4C9

square

#AE9ED4 #D49EA9 #C4D49E #9ED4C9

split-complementary

#AE9ED4 #D4C99E #A9D49E

monochromatic

#684CAC #8B74C1 #AE9ED4 #D1C8E7 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AE9ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AE9ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9ED4

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9ED4	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.079 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bae1',
    500: '#ae9ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ed4;
$custom-light: #c6bae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 38.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73204,
    "c": 0.07879,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.38206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9ED4

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B2348C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9ED4

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

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