#AE87E9#AE87E9

#AE87E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.144 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87E9
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 233)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 42.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 34.51, -44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 56.10, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0745 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.144 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8242, 32.2097, 81.1413)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87E9 #C2E987

analogous

#8791E9 #AE87E9 #DF87E9

triadic

#AE87E9 #E9AE87 #87E9AE

tetradic

#AE87E9 #E98791 #C2E987 #87E9DF

square

#AE87E9 #E98791 #C2E987 #87E9DF

split-complementary

#AE87E9 #E9DF87 #91E987

monochromatic

#6A26D0 #8B53E0 #AE87E9 #D1BBF2 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AE87E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AE87E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87E9

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87E9	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D99ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7599E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A398AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.144 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aaf0',
    500: '#ae87e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87e9;
$custom-light: #c8aaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.878,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69938,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87E9

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11586

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87E9

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

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