#AE96B4#AE96B4

#AE96B4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.051 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE96B4
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(288, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(288, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 14.42, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 18.95, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0386 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.051 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5989, 34.1071, 47.8265)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE96B4 #9CB496

analogous

#9F96B4 #AE96B4 #B496AB

triadic

#AE96B4 #B4AE96 #96B4AE

tetradic

#AE96B4 #B49F96 #9CB496 #96ABB4

square

#AE96B4 #B49F96 #9CB496 #96ABB4

split-complementary

#AE96B4 #ABB496 #96B49F

monochromatic

#725679 #92729B #AE96B4 #CABACE #E5DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AE96B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#AE96B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE96B4

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE96B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE96B4	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF99A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae96b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.051 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5ca',
    500: '#ae96b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae96b4;
$custom-light: #c6b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae96b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70421,
    "c": 0.05079,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE96B4

secondary

#D0D8CE

accent

#9B4B5B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE96B4

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