#AE86CB#AE86CB

#AE86CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.108 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE86CB
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 34%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 28.23, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 41.14, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0697 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.108 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7582, 30.3611, 60.4122)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE86CB #A3CB86

analogous

#8B86CB #AE86CB #CB86C5

triadic

#AE86CB #CBAE86 #86CBAE

tetradic

#AE86CB #CB8B86 #A3CB86 #86C5CB

square

#AE86CB #CB8B86 #A3CB86 #86C5CB

split-complementary

#AE86CB #C5CB86 #86CB8B

monochromatic

#724196 #915BB9 #AE86CB #CBB1DD #E7DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE86CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AE86CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE86CB

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE86CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE86CB	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A94CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae86cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.108 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a9db',
    500: '#ae86cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae86cb;
$custom-light: #c7a9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae86cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.783,
    "s": 39.884,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68331,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE86CB

secondary

#D5E2CB

accent

#B33369

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE86CB

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

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