#AE99CD#AE99CD

#AE99CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.078 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99CD
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 17.96, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 29.82, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0422 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.078 303)
XYZ	xyz(39.8640, 36.1890, 62.6308)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99CD #B8CD99

analogous

#999ECD #AE99CD #C899CD

triadic

#AE99CD #CDAE99 #99CDAE

tetradic

#AE99CD #CD999E #B8CD99 #99CDC8

square

#AE99CD #CD999E #B8CD99 #99CDC8

split-complementary

#AE99CD #CDC899 #9ECD99

monochromatic

#6E4D9E #8D70B9 #AE99CD #CFC2E1 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AE99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AE99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99CD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99CD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.078 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7dc',
    500: '#ae99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99cd;
$custom-light: #c6b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.07759,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.36189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99CD

secondary

#E2E8DA

accent

#AD387E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99CD

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

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