#AE85BE#AE85BE

#AE85BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.094 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE85BE
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 190)
HSL	hsl(283, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(283, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 30%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 26.03, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 35.24, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0678 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.094 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1360, 29.4921, 52.5468)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE85BE #95BE85

analogous

#9185BE #AE85BE #BE85B1

triadic

#AE85BE #BEAE85 #85BEAE

tetradic

#AE85BE #BE9185 #95BE85 #85B1BE

square

#AE85BE #BE9185 #95BE85 #85B1BE

split-complementary

#AE85BE #B1BE85 #85BE91

monochromatic

#724683 #935DA9 #AE85BE #C9ADD3 #E3D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AE85BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AE85BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE85BE

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE85BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE85BE	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D91C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae85be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.094 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a9d1',
    500: '#ae85be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae85be;
$custom-light: #c7a9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae85be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.158,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67589,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE85BE

secondary

#CBDAC5

accent

#A93C5B

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE85BE

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

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