#AE99BE#AE99BE

#AE99BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.058 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99BE
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(274, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 14.76, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 21.96, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0375 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.058 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1395, 35.4991, 53.5480)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99BE #A9BE99

analogous

#9C99BE #AE99BE #BE99BC

triadic

#AE99BE #BEAE99 #99BEAE

tetradic

#AE99BE #BE9C99 #A9BE99 #99BCBE

square

#AE99BE #BE9C99 #A9BE99 #99BCBE

split-complementary

#AE99BE #BCBE99 #99BE9C

monochromatic

#725687 #9074A6 #AE99BE #CCBED6 #E9E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AE99BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AE99BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99BE

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99BE	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.058 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7d1',
    500: '#ae99be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99be;
$custom-light: #c6b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.054,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71373,
    "c": 0.05776,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99BE

secondary

#D9DFD4

accent

#A1456D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99BE

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

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