#AE87E7#AE87E7

#AE87E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.142 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87E7
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 231)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 41.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 34.04, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 55.05, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.0742 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.142 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5401, 32.0961, 79.6452)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87E7 #C0E787

analogous

#8790E7 #AE87E7 #DE87E7

triadic

#AE87E7 #E7AE87 #87E7AE

tetradic

#AE87E7 #E78790 #C0E787 #87E7DE

square

#AE87E7 #E78790 #C0E787 #87E7DE

split-complementary

#AE87E7 #E7DE87 #90E787

monochromatic

#6B29CB #8C54DD #AE87E7 #D0BAF1 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AE87E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AE87E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87E7

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87E7	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E99EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7699E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A497AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.142 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aaef',
    500: '#ae87e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87e7;
$custom-light: #c8aaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69837,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87E7

secondary

#E7F1D9

accent

#CF1784

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87E7

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

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