#AE87E1#AE87E1

#AE87E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.134 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87E1
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 40%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 40%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 32.63, -40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 51.91, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0731 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.134 303)
XYZ	xyz(39.7072, 31.7629, 75.2585)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87E1 #BAE187

analogous

#878DE1 #AE87E1 #DB87E1

triadic

#AE87E1 #E1AE87 #87E1AE

tetradic

#AE87E1 #E1878D #BAE187 #87E1DB

square

#AE87E1 #E1878D #BAE187 #87E1DB

split-complementary

#AE87E1 #E1DB87 #8DE187

monochromatic

#6D30BE #8D56D5 #AE87E1 #CFB8ED #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AE87E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AE87E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87E1

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87E1	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7198E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7999DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A596A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.134 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aaeb',
    500: '#ae87e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87e1;
$custom-light: #c8aaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69539,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.31763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87E1

secondary

#E4EED6

accent

#C81E7E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87E1

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

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