#AE96BB#AE96BB

#AE96BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.059 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE96BB
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 15.83, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 22.41, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.041 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.059 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3301, 34.3996, 51.6773)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE96BB #A3BB96

analogous

#9B96BB #AE96BB #BB96B5

triadic

#AE96BB #BBAE96 #96BBAE

tetradic

#AE96BB #BB9B96 #A3BB96 #96B5BB

square

#AE96BB #BB9B96 #A3BB96 #96B5BB

split-complementary

#AE96BB #B5BB96 #96BB9B

monochromatic

#725482 #9171A3 #AE96BB #CBBBD3 #E7E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AE96BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AE96BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE96BB

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE96BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE96BB	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae96bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.059 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5cf',
    500: '#ae96bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae96bb;
$custom-light: #c6b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae96bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70676,
    "c": 0.05933,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE96BB

secondary

#D5DCD0

accent

#A04665

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE96BB

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

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