#AE97DB#AE97DB

#AE97DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97DB
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(260, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 22.23, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 38.55, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.049 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.1 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3056, 36.2462, 71.8242)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97DB #C4DB97

analogous

#97A2DB #AE97DB #D097DB

triadic

#AE97DB #DBAE97 #97DBAE

tetradic

#AE97DB #DB97A2 #C4DB97 #97DBD0

square

#AE97DB #DB97A2 #C4DB97 #97DBD0

split-complementary

#AE97DB #DBD097 #A2DB97

monochromatic

#6840B8 #8B6ACB #AE97DB #D1C4EB #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AE97DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AE97DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97DB

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97DB	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b5e6',
    500: '#ae97db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97db;
$custom-light: #c7b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.294,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72166,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97DB

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BC2A8A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97DB

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

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