#AE99CB#AE99CB

#AE99CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.075 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99CB
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(265, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 17.52, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 28.76, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0416 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.075 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6242, 36.0930, 61.3675)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99CB #B6CB99

analogous

#999DCB #AE99CB #C799CB

triadic

#AE99CB #CBAE99 #99CBAE

tetradic

#AE99CB #CB999D #B6CB99 #99CBC7

square

#AE99CB #CB999D #B6CB99 #99CBC7

split-complementary

#AE99CB #CBC799 #9DCB99

monochromatic

#6F4F9B #8E70B6 #AE99CB #CEC2E0 #EEEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AE99CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AE99CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99CB

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99CB	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.075 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7db',
    500: '#ae99cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99cb;
$custom-light: #c6b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99CB

secondary

#E1E7D9

accent

#AB3A7C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99CB

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

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