#AE97BB#AE97BB

#AE97BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.058 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97BB
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 15.27, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 21.75, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0395 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.058 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4903, 34.7201, 51.7307)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97BB #A4BB97

analogous

#9C97BB #AE97BB #BB97B6

triadic

#AE97BB #BBAE97 #97BBAE

tetradic

#AE97BB #BB9C97 #A4BB97 #97B6BB

square

#AE97BB #BB9C97 #A4BB97 #97B6BB

split-complementary

#AE97BB #B6BB97 #97BB9C

monochromatic

#725582 #9172A3 #AE97BB #CBBCD3 #E8E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AE97BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#AE97BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97BB

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97BB	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.058 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5cf',
    500: '#ae97bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97bb;
$custom-light: #c6b5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70871,
    "c": 0.05752,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97BB

secondary

#D5DDD1

accent

#9F4666

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97BB

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

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