#AE87D4#AE87D4

#AE87D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.117 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87D4
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 36%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 36.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 29.66, -34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 45.13, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0704 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.117 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0009, 31.0804, 66.2718)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87D4 #ADD487

analogous

#8787D4 #AE87D4 #D487D3

triadic

#AE87D4 #D4AE87 #87D4AE

tetradic

#AE87D4 #D48787 #ADD487 #87D3D4

square

#AE87D4 #D48787 #ADD487 #87D3D4

split-complementary

#AE87D4 #D3D487 #87D487

monochromatic

#713BA5 #905AC4 #AE87D4 #CCB4E4 #EBE1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE87D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AE87D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87D4

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87D4	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7796D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A992A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.117 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aae1',
    500: '#ae87d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87d4;
$custom-light: #c7aae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.39,
    "s": 47.239,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68918,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87D4

secondary

#DBE7D0

accent

#BA2B72

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87D4

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

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