#AE99EB#AE99EB

#AE99EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99EB
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(255, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 24.86, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 45.86, 302.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0501 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.118 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8386, 37.7788, 83.5636)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99EB #D6EB99

analogous

#99ADEB #AE99EB #D799EB

triadic

#AE99EB #EBAE99 #99EBAE

tetradic

#AE99EB #EB99AD #D6EB99 #99EBD7

square

#AE99EB #EB99AD #D6EB99 #99EBD7

split-complementary

#AE99EB #EBD799 #ADEB99

monochromatic

#5D33D7 #8566E1 #AE99EB #D7CCF5 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AE99EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AE99EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99EB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99EB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b7f1',
    500: '#ae99eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99eb;
$custom-light: #c7b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.366,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99EB

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CF16A0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99EB

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

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