#AE97EE#AE97EE

#AE97EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97EE
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 26.71, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 48.70, 303.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0536 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.125 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9511, 37.3044, 85.7573)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97EE #D7EE97

analogous

#97ACEE #AE97EE #DA97EE

triadic

#AE97EE #EEAE97 #97EEAE

tetradic

#AE97EE #EE97AC #D7EE97 #97EEDA

square

#AE97EE #EE97AC #D7EE97 #97EEDA

split-complementary

#AE97EE #EEDA97 #ACEE97

monochromatic

#5C2EDD #8562E5 #AE97EE #D7CCF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AE97EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AE97EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97EE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97EE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b5f4',
    500: '#ae97ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97ee;
$custom-light: #c8b5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.862,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73038,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97EE

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D412A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97EE

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

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