#AE87D5#AE87D5

#AE87D5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87D5
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 36.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 29.88, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 45.65, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0706 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.119 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1274, 31.1310, 66.9382)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87D5 #AED587

analogous

#8787D5 #AE87D5 #D587D5

triadic

#AE87D5 #D5AE87 #87D5AE

tetradic

#AE87D5 #D58787 #AED587 #87D5D5

square

#AE87D5 #D58787 #AED587 #87D5D5

split-complementary

#AE87D5 #D5D587 #87D587

monochromatic

#713AA7 #8F5AC5 #AE87D5 #CDB4E5 #EBE2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AE87D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#AE87D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87D5

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87D5	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7796D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A893A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aae2',
    500: '#ae87d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87d5;
$custom-light: #c7aae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68965,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87D5

secondary

#DCE8D0

accent

#BB2A73

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87D5

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

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