#AE81BC#AE81BC

#AE81BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.099 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE81BC
RGB	rgb(174, 129, 188)
HSL	hsl(286, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 27.87, -24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 36.91, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0733 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.099 318)
XYZ	xyz(34.3816, 28.3308, 51.2244)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE81BC #8FBC81

analogous

#9181BC #AE81BC #BC81AD

triadic

#AE81BC #BCAE81 #81BCAE

tetradic

#AE81BC #BC9181 #8FBC81 #81ADBC

square

#AE81BC #BC9181 #8FBC81 #81ADBC

split-complementary

#AE81BC #ADBC81 #81BC91

monochromatic

#71447F #9459A7 #AE81BC #C8A9D1 #E1D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AE81BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AE81BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE81BC

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE81BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE81BC	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae81bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 129, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.099 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a6d0',
    500: '#ae81bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae81bc;
$custom-light: #c7a6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae81bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.763,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66781,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.2833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE81BC

secondary

#C7D7C2

accent

#A93C56

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE81BC

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

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