#AE99CC#AE99CC

#AE99CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.076 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99CC
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(265, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(265, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 17.74, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 29.29, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0419 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.076 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7437, 36.1408, 61.9971)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99CC #B7CC99

analogous

#999ECC #AE99CC #C799CC

triadic

#AE99CC #CCAE99 #99CCAE

tetradic

#AE99CC #CC999E #B7CC99 #99CCC7

square

#AE99CC #CC999E #B7CC99 #99CCC7

split-complementary

#AE99CC #CCC799 #9ECC99

monochromatic

#6E4E9C #8E70B8 #AE99CC #CEC2E0 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AE99CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AE99CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99CC

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99CC	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.076 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7db',
    500: '#ae99cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99cc;
$custom-light: #c6b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71915,
    "c": 0.07624,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99CC

secondary

#E2E8D9

accent

#AC397D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99CC

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

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