#AE87E2#AE87E2

#AE87E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.135 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87E2
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 40.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, 32.86, -40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 52.43, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0733 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.135 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8441, 31.8176, 75.9791)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87E2 #BBE287

analogous

#878DE2 #AE87E2 #DB87E2

triadic

#AE87E2 #E2AE87 #87E2AE

tetradic

#AE87E2 #E2878D #BBE287 #87E2DB

square

#AE87E2 #E2878D #BBE287 #87E2DB

split-complementary

#AE87E2 #E2DB87 #8DE287

monochromatic

#6D2EC0 #8D56D6 #AE87E2 #CFB8EE #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE87E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AE87E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87E2

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87E2	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7198E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7999E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A596AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.135 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aaeb',
    500: '#ae87e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87e2;
$custom-light: #c8aaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69588,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87E2

secondary

#E4EFD6

accent

#C91D7F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87E2

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

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