#AE87C8#AE87C8

#AE87C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87C8
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 32.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 27.02, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 38.95, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0675 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.102 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5431, 30.4972, 58.5938)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87C8 #A1C887

analogous

#8D87C8 #AE87C8 #C887C1

triadic

#AE87C8 #C8AE87 #87C8AE

tetradic

#AE87C8 #C88D87 #A1C887 #87C1C8

square

#AE87C8 #C88D87 #A1C887 #87C1C8

split-complementary

#AE87C8 #C1C887 #87C88D

monochromatic

#724392 #925DB5 #AE87C8 #CAB1DB #E7DBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AE87C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#AE87C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87C8

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87C8	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C94CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aad9',
    500: '#ae87c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87c8;
$custom-light: #c7aad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6838,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87C8

secondary

#D3E0CB

accent

#B03566

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87C8

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

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