#AE85CB#AE85CB

#AE85CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.110 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE85CB
RGB	rgb(174, 133, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 34.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 28.79, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 41.79, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.0712 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.11 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6207, 30.0860, 60.3663)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE85CB #A2CB85

analogous

#8B85CB #AE85CB #CB85C5

triadic

#AE85CB #CBAE85 #85CBAE

tetradic

#AE85CB #CB8B85 #A2CB85 #85C5CB

square

#AE85CB #CB8B85 #A2CB85 #85C5CB

split-complementary

#AE85CB #C5CB85 #85CB8B

monochromatic

#724096 #925AB9 #AE85CB #CAB0DD #E7DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#AE85CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#AE85CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE85CB

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE85CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE85CB	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7893CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae85cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 133, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.110 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a9db',
    500: '#ae85cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae85cb;
$custom-light: #c7a9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae85cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.143,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68151,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE85CB

secondary

#D4E1CA

accent

#B33268

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE85CB

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

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