#AE97CB#AE97CB

#AE97CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.078 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97CB
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(267, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(267, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 18.65, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 30.05, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0446 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.078 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2996, 35.4438, 61.2593)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97CB #B4CB97

analogous

#979ACB #AE97CB #C897CB

triadic

#AE97CB #CBAE97 #97CBAE

tetradic

#AE97CB #CB979A #B4CB97 #97CBC8

square

#AE97CB #CB979A #B4CB97 #97CBC8

split-complementary

#AE97CB #CBC897 #9ACB97

monochromatic

#6F4D9A #8E6EB7 #AE97CB #CEC0DF #EEE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AE97CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#AE97CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97CB

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97CB	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.078 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5db',
    500: '#ae97cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97cb;
$custom-light: #c6b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.538,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71491,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97CB

secondary

#E0E6D7

accent

#AC3979

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97CB

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

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