#AE96BC#AE96BC

#AE96BC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.061 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE96BC
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(278, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 16.03, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 22.92, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0413 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.061 313)
XYZ	xyz(37.4375, 34.4426, 52.2431)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE96BC #A4BC96

analogous

#9B96BC #AE96BC #BC96B7

triadic

#AE96BC #BCAE96 #96BCAE

tetradic

#AE96BC #BC9B96 #A4BC96 #96B7BC

square

#AE96BC #BC9B96 #A4BC96 #96B7BC

split-complementary

#AE96BC #B7BC96 #96BC9B

monochromatic

#725484 #9171A4 #AE96BC #CBBBD4 #E8E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AE96BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#AE96BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE96BC

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE96BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE96BC	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae96bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.061 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5d0',
    500: '#ae96bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae96bc;
$custom-light: #c6b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae96bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.06058,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.34442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE96BC

secondary

#D5DDD1

accent

#A14567

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE96BC

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

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