#AE96B6#AE96B6

#AE96B6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.053 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE96B6
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 182)
HSL	hsl(285, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(285, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 14.81, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 19.92, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0393 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.053 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8041, 34.1892, 48.9072)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE96B6 #9EB696

analogous

#9E96B6 #AE96B6 #B696AE

triadic

#AE96B6 #B6AE96 #96B6AE

tetradic

#AE96B6 #B69E96 #9EB696 #96AEB6

square

#AE96B6 #B69E96 #9EB696 #96AEB6

split-complementary

#AE96B6 #AEB696 #96B69E

monochromatic

#72567C #92729D #AE96B6 #CABACF #E6DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AE96B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#AE96B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE96B6

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE96B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE96B6	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE99A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae96b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.053 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5cc',
    500: '#ae96b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae96b6;
$custom-light: #c6b5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae96b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 17.978,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70493,
    "c": 0.05317,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE96B6

secondary

#D1D9CE

accent

#9C495E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE96B6

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

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