#AE97CD#AE97CD

#AE97CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.081 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97CD
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(266, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 19.08, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 31.11, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0452 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.081 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5394, 35.5397, 62.5226)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97CD #B6CD97

analogous

#979BCD #AE97CD #C997CD

triadic

#AE97CD #CDAE97 #97CDAE

tetradic

#AE97CD #CD979B #B6CD97 #97CDC9

square

#AE97CD #CD979B #B6CD97 #97CDC9

split-complementary

#AE97CD #CDC997 #9BCD97

monochromatic

#6F4C9E #8E6EB9 #AE97CD #CEC0E1 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AE97CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AE97CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97CD

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97CD	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.081 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5dc',
    500: '#ae97cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97cd;
$custom-light: #c6b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71572,
    "c": 0.08098,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97CD

secondary

#E1E8D8

accent

#AE387C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97CD

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

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