#AE87B2#AE87B2

#AE87B2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.076 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87B2
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 178)
HSL	hsl(294, 22%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(294, 24%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 22.47, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 28.11, 323.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.0611 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.076 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1544, 29.5418, 46.0138)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87B2 #8BB287

analogous

#9987B2 #AE87B2 #B287A1

triadic

#AE87B2 #B2AE87 #87B2AE

tetradic

#AE87B2 #B29987 #8BB287 #87A1B2

square

#AE87B2 #B29987 #8BB287 #87A1B2

split-complementary

#AE87B2 #A1B287 #87B299

monochromatic

#704A74 #946299 #AE87B2 #C7ACCA #E0D2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AE87B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#AE87B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87B2

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87B2	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8391B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.076 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aac9',
    500: '#ae87b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87b2;
$custom-light: #c6aac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.419,
    "s": 21.827,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67478,
    "c": 0.07626,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87B2

secondary

#C4D2C2

accent

#A0454E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87B2

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

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