#AE87CB#AE87CB

#AE87CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.106 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87CB
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 27.67, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 40.48, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0682 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.106 310)
XYZ	xyz(36.8971, 30.6388, 60.4585)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87CB #A4CB87

analogous

#8C87CB #AE87CB #CB87C6

triadic

#AE87CB #CBAE87 #87CBAE

tetradic

#AE87CB #CB8C87 #A4CB87 #87C6CB

square

#AE87CB #CB8C87 #A4CB87 #87C6CB

split-complementary

#AE87CB #C6CB87 #87CB8C

monochromatic

#724196 #915CB8 #AE87CB #CBB2DE #E8DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AE87CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AE87CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87CB

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87CB	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B94CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB90A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.106 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aadb',
    500: '#ae87cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87cb;
$custom-light: #c7aadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.412,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68511,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.30638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87CB

secondary

#D5E2CC

accent

#B33369

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87CB

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

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