#AE99FF#AE99FF

#AE99FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.145 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE99FF
RGB	rgb(174, 153, 255)
HSL	hsl(252, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(252, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 40%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 29.78, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 56.53, 301.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0542 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.145 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8922, 39.0002, 99.6456)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE99FF #EAFF99

analogous

#99B7FF #AE99FF #E199FF

triadic

#AE99FF #FFAE99 #99FFAE

tetradic

#AE99FF #FF99B7 #EAFF99 #99FFE1

square

#AE99FF #FF99B7 #EAFF99 #99FFE1

split-complementary

#AE99FF #FFE199 #B7FF99

monochromatic

#4D1FFF #7D5CFF #AE99FF #DFD6FF #E7E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AE99FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AE99FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE99FF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE99FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE99FF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA6FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BACC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae99ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 153, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.145 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7ff',
    500: '#ae99ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae99ff;
$custom-light: #c9b7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae99ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74238,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE99FF

secondary

#F0F7D4

accent

#E600B6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F8F6FF

border

#D1D0D7

text

#131118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE99FF

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

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