#AE87D6#AE87D6

#AE87D6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87D6
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 37%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 36.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, 30.11, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 46.17, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0708 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.12 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2547, 31.1819, 67.6087)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87D6 #AFD687

analogous

#8787D6 #AE87D6 #D587D6

triadic

#AE87D6 #D6AE87 #87D6AE

tetradic

#AE87D6 #D68787 #AFD687 #87D6D5

square

#AE87D6 #D68787 #AFD687 #87D6D5

split-complementary

#AE87D6 #D6D587 #87D687

monochromatic

#713AA9 #8F59C6 #AE87D6 #CDB5E6 #ECE2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE87D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#AE87D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87D6

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87D6	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7696D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A893A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aae3',
    500: '#ae87d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87d6;
$custom-light: #c7aae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.62,
    "s": 49.068,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69011,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87D6

secondary

#DDE8D1

accent

#BC2974

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87D6

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

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