#AE87C7#AE87C7

#AE87C7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.101 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87C7
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 199)
HSL	hsl(277, 36%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 32.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 26.80, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 38.44, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.0672 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.101 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4266, 30.4506, 57.9804)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87C7 #A0C787

analogous

#8E87C7 #AE87C7 #C787C0

triadic

#AE87C7 #C7AE87 #87C7AE

tetradic

#AE87C7 #C78E87 #A0C787 #87C0C7

square

#AE87C7 #C78E87 #A0C787 #87C0C7

split-complementary

#AE87C7 #C0C787 #87C78E

monochromatic

#724390 #925DB4 #AE87C7 #CAB1DA #E6DAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AE87C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#AE87C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87C7

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87C7	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)

#7C94CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8597C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.101 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aad8',
    500: '#ae87c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87c7;
$custom-light: #c7aad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.563,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68336,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87C7

secondary

#D3E0CA

accent

#AF3666

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87C7

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

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