#AE87DD#AE87DD

#AE87DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.129 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87DD
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 221)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(267, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 31.70, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 49.82, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0723 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.129 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1680, 31.5472, 72.4184)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87DD #B6DD87

analogous

#878BDD #AE87DD #D987DD

triadic

#AE87DD #DDAE87 #87DDAE

tetradic

#AE87DD #DD878B #B6DD87 #87DDD9

square

#AE87DD #DD878B #B6DD87 #87DDD9

split-complementary

#AE87DD #DDD987 #8BDD87

monochromatic

#6F34B6 #8E57CF #AE87DD #CEB7EB #EEE6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AE87DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AE87DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87DD

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87DD	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7397E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A695A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.129 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aae8',
    500: '#ae87dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87dd;
$custom-light: #c7aae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.209,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69344,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87DD

secondary

#E1ECD4

accent

#C3227A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87DD

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

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