#AE99CE#AE99CE

#AE99CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.079 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99CE
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 18.18, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 30.35, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0425 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.079 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9851, 36.2374, 63.2686)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99CE #B9CE99

analogous

#999ECE #AE99CE #C899CE

triadic

#AE99CE #CEAE99 #99CEAE

tetradic

#AE99CE #CE999E #B9CE99 #99CEC8

square

#AE99CE #CE999E #B9CE99 #99CEC8

split-complementary

#AE99CE #CEC899 #9ECE99

monochromatic

#6E4DA0 #8D70BA #AE99CE #CFC2E2 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AE99CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AE99CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99CE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99CE	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.079 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7dd',
    500: '#ae99ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99ce;
$custom-light: #c6b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71996,
    "c": 0.07893,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99CE

secondary

#E3E9DA

accent

#AE387F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99CE

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

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