#AE88BC#AE88BC

#AE88BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.086 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE88BC
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 188)
HSL	hsl(284, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 23.92, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 32.25, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0627 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.086 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3355, 30.2385, 51.5424)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE88BC #96BC88

analogous

#9488BC #AE88BC #BC88B0

triadic

#AE88BC #BCAE88 #88BCAE

tetradic

#AE88BC #BC9488 #96BC88 #88B0BC

square

#AE88BC #BC9488 #96BC88 #88B0BC

split-complementary

#AE88BC #B0BC88 #88BC94

monochromatic

#724981 #9361A6 #AE88BC #C9AFD2 #E3D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AE88BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#AE88BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE88BC

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE88BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE88BC	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae88bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.086 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6abd0',
    500: '#ae88bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae88bc;
$custom-light: #c6abd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae88bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.846,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68058,
    "c": 0.08596,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE88BC

secondary

#CCD9C7

accent

#A73F5B

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE88BC

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

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