#AE87CE#AE87CE

#AE87CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.110 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87CE
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 206)
HSL	hsl(273, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 34.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 28.33, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 42.03, 312.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.069 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.11 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2581, 30.7832, 62.3595)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87CE #A7CE87

analogous

#8B87CE #AE87CE #CE87CB

triadic

#AE87CE #CEAE87 #87CEAE

tetradic

#AE87CE #CE8B87 #A7CE87 #87CBCE

square

#AE87CE #CE8B87 #A7CE87 #87CBCE

split-complementary

#AE87CE #CBCE87 #87CE8B

monochromatic

#723F9B #915CBC #AE87CE #CBB2E0 #E9DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AE87CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#AE87CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87CE

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87CE	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA91A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.110 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aadd',
    500: '#ae87ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87ce;
$custom-light: #c7aadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.958,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68645,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87CE

secondary

#D7E4CD

accent

#B5306C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87CE

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

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