#AE97DD#AE97DD

#AE97DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97DD
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 22.69, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 39.62, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0496 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.103 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5704, 36.3521, 73.2192)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97DD #C6DD97

analogous

#97A3DD #AE97DD #D197DD

triadic

#AE97DD #DDAE97 #97DDAE

tetradic

#AE97DD #DD97A3 #C6DD97 #97DDD1

square

#AE97DD #DD97A3 #C6DD97 #97DDD1

split-complementary

#AE97DD #DDD197 #A3DD97

monochromatic

#673DBC #8A69CE #AE97DD #D2C5EC #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AE97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AE97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97DD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97DD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b5e7',
    500: '#ae97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97dd;
$custom-light: #c7b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.714,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72255,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97DD

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BE278D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97DD

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

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