#AE99B2#AE99B2

#AE99B2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.043 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99B2
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 178)
HSL	hsl(290, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(290, 14%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 14%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 12.34, -10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 15.96, 320.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0333 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.043 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8815, 34.9959, 46.9228)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99B2 #9DB299

analogous

#A299B2 #AE99B2 #B299A9

triadic

#AE99B2 #B2AE99 #99B2AE

tetradic

#AE99B2 #B2A299 #9DB299 #99A9B2

square

#AE99B2 #B2A299 #9DB299 #99A9B2

split-complementary

#AE99B2 #A9B299 #99B2A2

monochromatic

#725A77 #927698 #AE99B2 #CABCCC #E5DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AE99B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AE99B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99B2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99B2	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.043 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7c9',
    500: '#ae99b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99b2;
$custom-light: #c6b7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 13.966,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70941,
    "c": 0.04293,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99B2

secondary

#D1D8CF

accent

#984D59

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99B2

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

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