#AE99DB#AE99DB

#AE99DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.097 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99DB
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(259, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 21.10, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 37.29, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0462 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.097 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6302, 36.8954, 71.9324)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99DB #C6DB99

analogous

#99A5DB #AE99DB #CF99DB

triadic

#AE99DB #DBAE99 #99DBAE

tetradic

#AE99DB #DB99A5 #C6DB99 #99DBCF

square

#AE99DB #DB99A5 #C6DB99 #99DBCF

split-complementary

#AE99DB #DBCF99 #A5DB99

monochromatic

#6741B8 #8A6CCB #AE99DB #D2C6EB #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AE99DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#AE99DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99DB

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99DB	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.097 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b7e6',
    500: '#ae99db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99db;
$custom-light: #c7b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72543,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99DB

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BB2A8D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99DB

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

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