#AE97CA

sRGB: 174 / 151 / 202

Radiant blossoms fracture ancient heavens
Shimmering rivers unfold through ancient forests
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#AE97CA belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 174 red, 151 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 267.1° lands in the violet region. Its 32.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.08:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 174, 151, 202
HSL: 267.06°, 32.48%, 69.22%
HSV / HSB: 267.06°, 25.25%, 79.22%
CMYK (approx.): 13.86%, 25.25%, 0.00%, 20.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 39.181, 35.396, 60.647
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 66.056, 18.431, -23.068
WCAG relative luminance: 0.35396
24-bit decimal: 11442122

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AE97CA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 8.08:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.60:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#B3CA97 sits half a turn (180°) from #AE97CA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AE97CA #B3CA97

Analogous

#979ACA and #C797CA sit 30° to either side of #AE97CA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#979ACA #AE97CA #C797CA

Triadic

#AE97CA, #CAAE97 and #97CAAE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AE97CA #CAAE97 #97CAAE

Split complementary

Start at #AE97CA and look across the wheel. #CAC797 and #9ACA97 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AE97CA #CAC797 #9ACA97

Square

Starting with #AE97CA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CA979A, #B3CA97, then #97CAC7. Across the square, #AE97CA pairs with #B3CA97, and #CA979A with #97CAC7.

#AE97CA #CA979A #B3CA97 #97CAC7

Tetradic

#AE97CA and #B3CA97 are opposites, as are #CA97B3 and #97CAAE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AE97CA #CA97B3 #B3CA97 #97CAAE

Tints

Mixing #AE97CA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEACD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFEAF4, the mixture is 80% white.

#AE97CA #BEACD5 #CEC1DF #DFD5EA #EFEAF4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AE97CA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8B79A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #231E28, the mixture is 80% black.

#AE97CA #8B79A2 #685B79 #463C51 #231E28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AE97CA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A592BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #89858F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AE97CA #A592BB #9C8EAC #92899E #89858F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AE97CA

RGB

rgb(174 151 202)

HSL

hsl(267.059 32.484% 69.216%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AE97CA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AE97CA uses 174 red, 151 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.2%

Green 59.2%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AE97CA is 13.9% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.9%

Magenta 25.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA99CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A9C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AE97CA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA99CC Nearest web-safe: #9999CC

Gradient to complement

#AE97CA #AFA0C2 #B0A8B9 #B1B1B1 #B1B9A8 #B2C2A0 #B3CA97

Color vision previews

Compare how #AE97CA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8EA0CC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#92A1C8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#AA9EA9

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9A9DCB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9B9EC9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AC9ABF

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A1A1A1

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A79CB7

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.42327 G 0.30947 B 0.59062

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.66748 G 0.59544 B 0.77812

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.40306 G 0.31325 B 0.56741

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.290 y 0.262 Y 35.396

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 31.765 M % 40.784 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101110 10010111 11001010