#AE96AE#AE96AE

#AE96AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.044 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE96AE
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 13.24, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 16.13, 325.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0365 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.044 326)
XYZ	xyz(36.0009, 33.8679, 44.6768)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE96AE #96AE96

analogous

#A296AE #AE96AE #AE96A2

triadic

#AE96AE #AEAE96 #96AEAE

tetradic

#AE96AE #AEA296 #96AE96 #96A2AE

square

#AE96AE #AEA296 #96AE96 #96A2AE

split-complementary

#AE96AE #A2AE96 #96AEA2

monochromatic

#725872 #937393 #AE96AE #C9B9C9 #E3DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AE96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AE96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE96AE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE96AE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.044 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5c6',
    500: '#ae96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae96ae;
$custom-light: #c6b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70211,
    "c": 0.04397,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.33867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE96AE

secondary

#CCD4CC

accent

#974E4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE96AE

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

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