#AE87AB#AE87AB

#AE87AB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.069 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87AB
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 171)
HSL	hsl(305, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(305, 22%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 21.11, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 24.93, 327.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.0589 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.069 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4695, 29.2678, 42.4063)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87AB #87AE8A

analogous

#9D87AE #AE87AB #AE8797

triadic

#AE87AB #ABAE87 #87ABAE

tetradic

#AE87AB #AE9D87 #87AE8A #8797AE

square

#AE87AB #AE9D87 #87AE8A #8797AE

split-complementary

#AE87AB #97AE87 #87AE9D

monochromatic

#6F4B6D #946490 #AE87AB #C7ACC5 #DFD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AE87AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#AE87AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87AB

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87AB	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8590AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.069 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aac4',
    500: '#ae87ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87ab;
$custom-light: #c6aac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67214,
    "c": 0.06877,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87AB

secondary

#C1D0C2

accent

#9E4E48

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87AB

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

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