#AE97DC#AE97DC

#AE97DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97DC
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 220)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 22.46, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 39.09, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0493 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.101 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4376, 36.2990, 72.5196)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97DC #C5DC97

analogous

#97A2DC #AE97DC #D097DC

triadic

#AE97DC #DCAE97 #97DCAE

tetradic

#AE97DC #DC97A2 #C5DC97 #97DCD0

square

#AE97DC #DC97A2 #C5DC97 #97DCD0

split-complementary

#AE97DC #DCD097 #A2DC97

monochromatic

#683FBA #8A69CD #AE97DC #D2C5EB #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AE97DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AE97DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97DC

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97DC	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b5e7',
    500: '#ae97dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97dc;
$custom-light: #c7b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97DC

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BD298B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97DC

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

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