#AE97DE#AE97DE

#AE97DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97DE
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 222)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 22.92, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 40.16, 304.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0498 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.104 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7041, 36.4056, 73.9229)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97DE #C7DE97

analogous

#97A3DE #AE97DE #D297DE

triadic

#AE97DE #DEAE97 #97DEAE

tetradic

#AE97DE #DE97A3 #C7DE97 #97DED2

square

#AE97DE #DE97A3 #C7DE97 #97DED2

split-complementary

#AE97DE #DED297 #A3DE97

monochromatic

#663CBE #8A69CF #AE97DE #D2C5ED #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AE97DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AE97DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97DE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97DE	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b5e8',
    500: '#ae97de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97de;
$custom-light: #c7b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97DE

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BF268E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97DE

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

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