#AE96EB#AE96EB

#AE96EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE96EB
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 26.55, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 47.73, 303.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0543 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.123 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3538, 36.8091, 83.4019)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AE96EB #D3EB96

analogous

#96A8EB #AE96EB #D896EB

triadic

#AE96EB #EBAE96 #96EBAE

tetradic

#AE96EB #EB96A8 #D3EB96 #96EBD8

square

#AE96EB #EB96A8 #D3EB96 #96EBD8

split-complementary

#AE96EB #EBD896 #A8EB96

monochromatic

#5F2FD7 #8663E1 #AE96EB #D6C9F5 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AE96EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AE96EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE96EB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE96EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE96EB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae96eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b5f1',
    500: '#ae96eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae96eb;
$custom-light: #c8b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae96eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.941,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72712,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE96EB

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D0169B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE96EB

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

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