#AE99BB#AE99BB

#AE99BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.054 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99BB
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(277, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(277, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 14.14, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 20.42, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0364 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.054 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8150, 35.3693, 51.8389)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99BB #A6BB99

analogous

#9D99BB #AE99BB #BB99B7

triadic

#AE99BB #BBAE99 #99BBAE

tetradic

#AE99BB #BB9D99 #A6BB99 #99B7BB

square

#AE99BB #BB9D99 #A6BB99 #99B7BB

split-complementary

#AE99BB #B7BB99 #99BB9D

monochromatic

#725783 #9174A3 #AE99BB #CBBED3 #E8E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AE99BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AE99BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99BB

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99BB	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.054 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7cf',
    500: '#ae99bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99bb;
$custom-light: #c6b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.05393,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99BB

secondary

#D7DDD2

accent

#9E4768

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99BB

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

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