#AE88DD#AE88DD

#AE88DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.127 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE88DD
RGB	rgb(174, 136, 221)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(267, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 38.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 31.14, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 49.18, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0709 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.127 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3081, 31.8275, 72.4651)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE88DD #B7DD88

analogous

#888CDD #AE88DD #D988DD

triadic

#AE88DD #DDAE88 #88DDAE

tetradic

#AE88DD #DD888C #B7DD88 #88DDD9

square

#AE88DD #DD888C #B7DD88 #88DDD9

split-complementary

#AE88DD #DDD988 #8CDD88

monochromatic

#6E34B6 #8E58CF #AE88DD #CEB8EB #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AE88DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AE88DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE88DD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE88DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE88DD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7498E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A695A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae88dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 136, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.127 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7abe8',
    500: '#ae88dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae88dd;
$custom-light: #c7abe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae88dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.824,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6952,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE88DD

secondary

#E2ECD4

accent

#C3227B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE88DD

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

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