#AE97BC#AE97BC

#AE97BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.059 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97BC
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(277, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(277, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 15.47, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 22.26, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0398 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.059 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5978, 34.7631, 52.2965)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97BC #A5BC97

analogous

#9C97BC #AE97BC #BC97B8

triadic

#AE97BC #BCAE97 #97BCAE

tetradic

#AE97BC #BC9C97 #A5BC97 #97B8BC

square

#AE97BC #BC9C97 #A5BC97 #97B8BC

split-complementary

#AE97BC #B8BC97 #97BC9C

monochromatic

#725584 #9172A4 #AE97BC #CBBCD4 #E8E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AE97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#AE97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97BC

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97BC	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.059 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5d0',
    500: '#ae97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97bc;
$custom-light: #c6b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.05878,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97BC

secondary

#D6DDD1

accent

#A04568

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97BC

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

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