#AE97EB#AE97EB

#AE97EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97EB
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 25.99, -39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 47.10, 303.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0529 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.121 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5140, 37.1296, 83.4554)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97EB #D4EB97

analogous

#97AAEB #AE97EB #D897EB

triadic

#AE97EB #EBAE97 #97EBAE

tetradic

#AE97EB #EB97AA #D4EB97 #97EBD8

square

#AE97EB #EB97AA #D4EB97 #97EBD8

split-complementary

#AE97EB #EBD897 #AAEB97

monochromatic

#5E30D7 #8664E1 #AE97EB #D6CAF5 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AE97EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AE97EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97EB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97EB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b5f1',
    500: '#ae97eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97eb;
$custom-light: #c7b5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72895,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97EB

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D0169D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97EB

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

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