#AE87BA#AE87BA

#AE87BA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.085 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87BA
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 186)
HSL	hsl(286, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 24.08, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 31.94, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.0636 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.085 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9812, 29.8725, 50.3681)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87BA #93BA87

analogous

#9487BA #AE87BA #BA87AC

triadic

#AE87BA #BAAE87 #87BAAE

tetradic

#AE87BA #BA9487 #93BA87 #87ACBA

square

#AE87BA #BA9487 #93BA87 #87ACBA

split-complementary

#AE87BA #ACBA87 #87BA94

monochromatic

#71497E #9460A4 #AE87BA #C8AED0 #E2D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AE87BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#AE87BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87BA

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87BA	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8192BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.085 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aace',
    500: '#ae87ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87ba;
$custom-light: #c6aace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 26.984,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67792,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87BA

secondary

#CAD8C5

accent

#A64058

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87BA

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

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