#AE97CC#AE97CC

#AE97CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.080 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97CC
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(266, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(266, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 18.86, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 30.58, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0449 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.08 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4191, 35.4916, 61.8889)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97CC #B5CC97

analogous

#979ACC #AE97CC #C997CC

triadic

#AE97CC #CCAE97 #97CCAE

tetradic

#AE97CC #CC979A #B5CC97 #97CCC9

square

#AE97CC #CC979A #B5CC97 #97CCC9

split-complementary

#AE97CC #CCC997 #9ACC97

monochromatic

#6F4D9C #8E6EB8 #AE97CC #CEC0E0 #EEE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AE97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AE97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97CC

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97CC	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.080 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5db',
    500: '#ae97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97cc;
$custom-light: #c6b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 34.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97CC

secondary

#E0E7D8

accent

#AD387A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97CC

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

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