#AE86CC#AE86CC

#AE86CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.109 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE86CC
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 204)
HSL	hsl(274, 41%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, 28.45, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 41.65, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.07 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.109 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8778, 30.4089, 61.0418)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE86CC #A4CC86

analogous

#8B86CC #AE86CC #CC86C7

triadic

#AE86CC #CCAE86 #86CCAE

tetradic

#AE86CC #CC8B86 #A4CC86 #86C7CC

square

#AE86CC #CC8B86 #A4CC86 #86C7CC

split-complementary

#AE86CC #C7CC86 #86CC8B

monochromatic

#724098 #915BBA #AE86CC #CBB1DE #E8DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AE86CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#AE86CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE86CC

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE86CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE86CC	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7994CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB90A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae86cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.109 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a9db',
    500: '#ae86cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae86cc;
$custom-light: #c7a9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae86cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 40.698,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68375,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE86CC

secondary

#D5E2CB

accent

#B43269

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE86CC

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

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