#AE87E4#AE87E4

#AE87E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.138 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87E4
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(265, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 40.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 33.33, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 53.48, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0736 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.138 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1201, 31.9280, 77.4328)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87E4 #BDE487

analogous

#878EE4 #AE87E4 #DC87E4

triadic

#AE87E4 #E4AE87 #87E4AE

tetradic

#AE87E4 #E4878E #BDE487 #87E4DC

square

#AE87E4 #E4878E #BDE487 #87E4DC

split-complementary

#AE87E4 #E4DC87 #8EE487

monochromatic

#6C2CC4 #8C55D9 #AE87E4 #D0B9EF #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AE87E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AE87E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87E4

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87E4	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7098E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7899E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A596AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.138 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aaed',
    500: '#ae87e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87e4;
$custom-light: #c8aaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69687,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87E4

secondary

#E5F0D7

accent

#CB1A81

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87E4

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

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