#AE87EE#AE87EE

#AE87EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.151 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE87EE
RGB	rgb(174, 135, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 43.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 35.70, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 58.72, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0753 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.151 300)
XYZ	xyz(41.5486, 32.4995, 84.9564)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE87EE #C7EE87

analogous

#8793EE #AE87EE #E187EE

triadic

#AE87EE #EEAE87 #87EEAE

tetradic

#AE87EE #EE8793 #C7EE87 #87EEE1

square

#AE87EE #EE8793 #C7EE87 #87EEE1

split-complementary

#AE87EE #EEE187 #93EE87

monochromatic

#661FDC #8A51E6 #AE87EE #D2BDF6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AE87EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AE87EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE87EE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE87EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE87EE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A9AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A299AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae87ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 135, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.151 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aaf4',
    500: '#ae87ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae87ee;
$custom-light: #c8aaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae87ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.718,
    "s": 75.182,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.15064,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE87EE

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D70E8B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE87EE

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

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