#AE81BB#AE81BB

#AE81BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.098 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE81BB
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 31%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 27.66, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 36.42, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0731 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.098 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2742, 28.2878, 50.6587)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE81BB #8EBB81

analogous

#9181BB #AE81BB #BB81AB

triadic

#AE81BB #BBAE81 #81BBAE

tetradic

#AE81BB #BB9181 #8EBB81 #81ABBB

square

#AE81BB #BB9181 #8EBB81 #81ABBB

split-complementary

#AE81BB #ABBB81 #81BB91

monochromatic

#71447E #9459A5 #AE81BB #C8A9D0 #E1D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AE81BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AE81BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE81BB

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE81BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE81BB	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae81bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.098 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a6cf',
    500: '#ae81bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae81bb;
$custom-light: #c7a6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae81bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.552,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66739,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE81BB

secondary

#C6D7C1

accent

#A93D55

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE81BB

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

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