#AE99BC#AE99BC

#AE99BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.055 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99BC
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(276, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(276, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 14.35, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 20.93, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0368 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.055 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9224, 35.4123, 52.4047)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99BC #A7BC99

analogous

#9D99BC #AE99BC #BC99B9

triadic

#AE99BC #BCAE99 #99BCAE

tetradic

#AE99BC #BC9D99 #A7BC99 #99B9BC

square

#AE99BC #BC9D99 #A7BC99 #99B9BC

split-complementary

#AE99BC #B9BC99 #99BC9D

monochromatic

#725784 #9174A4 #AE99BC #CBBED4 #E9E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AE99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#AE99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99BC

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99BC	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.055 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7d0',
    500: '#ae99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99bc;
$custom-light: #c6b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.05519,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99BC

secondary

#D7DED3

accent

#9F466A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99BC

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

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