#AE86CD#AE86CD

#AE86CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.110 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE86CD
RGB	rgb(174, 134, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 34.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 28.67, -30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 42.16, 312.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0702 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.11 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9981, 30.4571, 61.6755)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE86CD #A5CD86

analogous

#8B86CD #AE86CD #CD86C9

triadic

#AE86CD #CDAE86 #86CDAE

tetradic

#AE86CD #CD8B86 #A5CD86 #86C9CD

square

#AE86CD #CD8B86 #A5CD86 #86C9CD

split-complementary

#AE86CD #C9CD86 #86CD8B

monochromatic

#723F99 #915BBB #AE86CD #CBB1DF #E8DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AE86CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#AE86CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE86CD

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE86CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE86CD	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7994D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA90A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae86cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 134, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.110 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a9dc',
    500: '#ae86cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae86cd;
$custom-light: #c7a9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae86cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.803,
    "s": 41.52,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6842,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE86CD

secondary

#D6E3CC

accent

#B5316A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE86CD

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

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