#AE87E6#AE87E6

#AE87E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.140 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87E6
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(265, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 41.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 33.80, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 54.53, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.074 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.14 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3993, 32.0397, 78.9035)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87E6 #BFE687

analogous

#8790E6 #AE87E6 #DE87E6

triadic

#AE87E6 #E6AE87 #87E6AE

tetradic

#AE87E6 #E68790 #BFE687 #87E6DE

square

#AE87E6 #E68790 #BFE687 #87E6DE

split-complementary

#AE87E6 #E6DE87 #90E687

monochromatic

#6B2AC9 #8C54DB #AE87E6 #D0BAF1 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE87E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AE87E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87E6

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87E6	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E99EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7799E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A497AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.140 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aaee',
    500: '#ae87e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87e6;
$custom-light: #c8aaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.632,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69787,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87E6

secondary

#E7F1D8

accent

#CD1883

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87E6

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

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