#AE87D2#AE87D2

#AE87D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87D2
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 210)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 36%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, 29.21, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 44.09, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.0699 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.115 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7502, 30.9801, 64.9513)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87D2 #ABD287

analogous

#8887D2 #AE87D2 #D287D1

triadic

#AE87D2 #D2AE87 #87D2AE

tetradic

#AE87D2 #D28887 #ABD287 #87D1D2

square

#AE87D2 #D28887 #ABD287 #87D1D2

split-complementary

#AE87D2 #D1D287 #87D288

monochromatic

#713DA2 #905AC1 #AE87D2 #CCB4E3 #EAE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE87D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AE87D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87D2

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87D2	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7896D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8098D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A992A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aae0',
    500: '#ae87d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87d2;
$custom-light: #c7aae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68826,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87D2

secondary

#DAE6CF

accent

#B92D70

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87D2

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

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