#AE96CD#AE96CD

#AE96CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.083 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE96CD
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(266, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 19.65, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 31.76, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0466 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.083 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3792, 35.2192, 62.4692)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE96CD #B5CD96

analogous

#969ACD #AE96CD #CA96CD

triadic

#AE96CD #CDAE96 #96CDAE

tetradic

#AE96CD #CD969A #B5CD96 #96CDCA

square

#AE96CD #CD969A #B5CD96 #96CDCA

split-complementary

#AE96CD #CDCA96 #9ACD96

monochromatic

#6F4B9E #8E6DB9 #AE96CD #CEBFE1 #EEE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AE96CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AE96CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE96CD

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE96CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE96CD	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae96cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.083 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5dc',
    500: '#ae96cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae96cd;
$custom-light: #c6b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae96cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71382,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE96CD

secondary

#E0E7D8

accent

#AE377A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE96CD

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

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