#AE96CC#AE96CC

#AE96CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.081 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE96CC
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(267, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(267, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 19.43, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 31.23, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0463 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.081 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2589, 35.1711, 61.8355)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE96CC #B4CC96

analogous

#9699CC #AE96CC #C996CC

triadic

#AE96CC #CCAE96 #96CCAE

tetradic

#AE96CC #CC9699 #B4CC96 #96CCC9

square

#AE96CC #CC9699 #B4CC96 #96CCC9

split-complementary

#AE96CC #CCC996 #99CC96

monochromatic

#6F4C9C #8E6DB8 #AE96CC #CEBFE0 #EEE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AE96CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#AE96CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE96CC

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE96CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE96CC	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae96cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.081 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5db',
    500: '#ae96cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae96cc;
$custom-light: #c6b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae96cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71341,
    "c": 0.08137,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE96CC

secondary

#E0E7D7

accent

#AD3879

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE96CC

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

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