#AE70E2#AE70E2

#AE70E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.172 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE70E2
RGB	rgb(174, 112, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 50.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 45.55, -48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 66.81, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.1048 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.172 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9744, 26.0784, 75.0226)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE70E2 #A4E270

analogous

#7570E2 #AE70E2 #E270DD

triadic

#AE70E2 #E2AE70 #70E2AE

tetradic

#AE70E2 #E27570 #A4E270 #70DDE2

square

#AE70E2 #E27570 #A4E270 #70DDE2

split-complementary

#AE70E2 #DDE270 #70E275

monochromatic

#7224B3 #913DD8 #AE70E2 #CBA3EC #E8D6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AE70E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#AE70E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE70E2

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE70E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE70E2	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5089E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6849F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae70e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 112, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.172 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99beb',
    500: '#ae70e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae70e2;
$custom-light: #c99beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae70e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.632,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65783,
    "c": 0.17244,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE70E2

secondary

#D5EAC4

accent

#CE176B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE70E2

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

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