#AE99EE#AE99EE

#AE99EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.122 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99EE
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(255, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 25.59, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 47.46, 302.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0508 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.122 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2757, 37.9536, 85.8655)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99EE #D9EE99

analogous

#99AFEE #AE99EE #D999EE

triadic

#AE99EE #EEAE99 #99EEAE

tetradic

#AE99EE #EE99AF #D9EE99 #99EED9

square

#AE99EE #EE99AF #D9EE99 #99EED9

split-complementary

#AE99EE #EED999 #AFEE99

monochromatic

#5B30DD #8465E5 #AE99EE #D8CDF7 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AE99EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AE99EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99EE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99EE	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.122 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b7f4',
    500: '#ae99ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99ee;
$custom-light: #c8b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.824,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73405,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99EE

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D312A4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99EE

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

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