#AEA8EE#AEA8EE

#AEA8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.100 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8EE
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(245, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(245, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 17.16, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 38.30, 296.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0303 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.1 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8869, 43.1761, 86.7359)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8EE #E8EEA8

analogous

#A8C5EE #AEA8EE #D1A8EE

triadic

#AEA8EE #EEAEA8 #A8EEAE

tetradic

#AEA8EE #EEA8C5 #E8EEA8 #A8EED1

square

#AEA8EE #EEA8C5 #E8EEA8 #A8EED1

split-complementary

#AEA8EE #EED1A8 #C5EEA8

monochromatic

#4F42DA #7E75E4 #AEA8EE #DEDBF8 #E7E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEA8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#AEA8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8EE

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8EE	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.100 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1f3',
    500: '#aea8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8ee;
$custom-light: #c7c1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76235,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8EE

secondary

#EFF2D9

accent

#CF16BF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8EE

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

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