#AE88BB#AE88BB

#AE88BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.085 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE88BB
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 187)
HSL	hsl(285, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 27.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 23.72, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 31.76, 318.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0624 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.085 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2281, 30.1955, 50.9766)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE88BB #95BB88

analogous

#9488BB #AE88BB #BB88AE

triadic

#AE88BB #BBAE88 #88BBAE

tetradic

#AE88BB #BB9488 #95BB88 #88AEBB

square

#AE88BB #BB9488 #95BB88 #88AEBB

split-complementary

#AE88BB #AEBB88 #88BB94

monochromatic

#724980 #9361A5 #AE88BB #C9AFD1 #E3D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE88BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#AE88BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE88BB

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE88BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE88BB	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae88bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.085 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6abcf',
    500: '#ae88bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae88bb;
$custom-light: #c6abcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae88bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.706,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68018,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE88BB

secondary

#CBD8C6

accent

#A6405A

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE88BB

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

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