#AE87D8#AE87D8

#AE87D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.123 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87D8
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(269, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 37.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, 30.56, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 47.21, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0713 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.123 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5117, 31.2847, 68.9621)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87D8 #B1D887

analogous

#8789D8 #AE87D8 #D787D8

triadic

#AE87D8 #D8AE87 #87D8AE

tetradic

#AE87D8 #D88789 #B1D887 #87D8D7

square

#AE87D8 #D88789 #B1D887 #87D8D7

split-complementary

#AE87D8 #D8D787 #89D887

monochromatic

#7038AD #8F59C9 #AE87D8 #CDB5E7 #ECE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AE87D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AE87D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87D8

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87D8	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7596DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A893A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.123 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aae4',
    500: '#ae87d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87d8;
$custom-light: #c7aae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69105,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87D8

secondary

#DEE9D1

accent

#BE2776

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87D8

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

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