#AE9FCD#AE9FCD

#AE9FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.068 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9FCD
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(260, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(260, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 14.59, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 25.99, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0334 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.068 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8709, 38.2026, 62.9664)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9FCD #BECD9F

analogous

#9FA7CD #AE9FCD #C59FCD

triadic

#AE9FCD #CDAE9F #9FCDAE

tetradic

#AE9FCD #CD9FA7 #BECD9F #9FCDC5

square

#AE9FCD #CD9FA7 #BECD9F #9FCDC5

split-complementary

#AE9FCD #CDC59F #A7CD9F

monochromatic

#6C539F #8C77B8 #AE9FCD #D0C7E2 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AE9FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AE9FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9FCD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9FCD	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)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.068 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bbdc',
    500: '#ae9fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9fcd;
$custom-light: #c6bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.565,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73118,
    "c": 0.06752,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9FCD

secondary

#E6EADE

accent

#AA3B86

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9FCD

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

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