#AE97BD#AE97BD

#AE97BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.060 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97BD
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(276, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(276, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 15.68, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 22.77, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0401 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.06 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7059, 34.8063, 52.8662)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97BD #A6BD97

analogous

#9B97BD #AE97BD #BD97B9

triadic

#AE97BD #BDAE97 #97BDAE

tetradic

#AE97BD #BD9B97 #A6BD97 #97B9BD

square

#AE97BD #BD9B97 #A6BD97 #97B9BD

split-complementary

#AE97BD #B9BD97 #97BD9B

monochromatic

#725485 #9172A5 #AE97BD #CBBCD5 #E8E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AE97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#AE97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97BD

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97BD	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.060 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5d1',
    500: '#ae97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97bd;
$custom-light: #c6b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.06005,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97BD

secondary

#D7DED2

accent

#A14569

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97BD

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

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