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#AE94BC

Lilac · light cool purple

About #AE94BC

With the hex code #AE94BC, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 58% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lilac — a ΔE of 7.7 — followed by Wisteria. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A2BC94, a sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 7.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red174
Green148
Blue188

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 7.7
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 13.3
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 17.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #AE94BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #AE94BC.
2.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #AE94BC.
7.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AE94BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AE94BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8F9CBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#949EBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AD99A2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AE94BC?

With the hex code #AE94BC, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 58% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AE94BC?

Use black text. Black on #AE94BC has a contrast ratio of 7.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AE94BC?

Its complementary colour is #A2BC94, and analogous partners are #9A94BC and #BC94B6.