#AE97FF#AE97FF

#AE97FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.148 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE97FF
RGB	rgb(174, 151, 255)
HSL	hsl(253, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(253, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 30.90, -48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 57.76, 302.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0568 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.148 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5676, 38.3510, 99.5374)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE97FF #E8FF97

analogous

#97B4FF #AE97FF #E297FF

triadic

#AE97FF #FFAE97 #97FFAE

tetradic

#AE97FF #FF97B4 #E8FF97 #97FFE2

square

#AE97FF #FF97B4 #E8FF97 #97FFE2

split-complementary

#AE97FF #FFE297 #B4FF97

monochromatic

#4F1DFF #7E5AFF #AE97FF #DED4FF #E7E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AE97FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AE97FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE97FF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE97FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE97FF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA5FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BAABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae97ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 151, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.148 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5ff',
    500: '#ae97ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae97ff;
$custom-light: #c9b5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae97ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.269,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE97FF

secondary

#EFF7D4

accent

#E600B3

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE97FF

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

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