#AE87BB#AE87BB

#AE87BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.087 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87BB
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 187)
HSL	hsl(285, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 27.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 24.28, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 32.43, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0639 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.087 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0879, 29.9152, 50.9299)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87BB #94BB87

analogous

#9487BB #AE87BB #BB87AE

triadic

#AE87BB #BBAE87 #87BBAE

tetradic

#AE87BB #BB9487 #94BB87 #87AEBB

square

#AE87BB #BB9487 #94BB87 #87AEBB

split-complementary

#AE87BB #AEBB87 #87BB94

monochromatic

#72487F #9460A5 #AE87BB #C8AED1 #E3D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AE87BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#AE87BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87BB

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87BB	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8092BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.087 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aacf',
    500: '#ae87bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87bb;
$custom-light: #c6aacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67833,
    "c": 0.0866,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87BB

secondary

#CAD8C6

accent

#A63F59

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87BB

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

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