#AE70E6#AE70E6

#AE70E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.177 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE70E6
RGB	rgb(174, 112, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, 46.47, -50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 68.83, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.1052 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.177 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5297, 26.3005, 77.9470)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE70E6 #A8E670

analogous

#7370E6 #AE70E6 #E670E3

triadic

#AE70E6 #E6AE70 #70E6AE

tetradic

#AE70E6 #E67370 #A8E670 #70E3E6

square

#AE70E6 #E67370 #A8E670 #70E3E6

split-complementary

#AE70E6 #E3E670 #70E673

monochromatic

#7221BB #903CDD #AE70E6 #CCA4EF #E9D8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#AE70E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#AE70E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE70E6

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE70E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE70E6	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C8AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A585A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae70e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 112, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.177 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99bee',
    500: '#ae70e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae70e6;
$custom-light: #c99bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae70e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.525,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66006,
    "c": 0.1771,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE70E6

secondary

#D8ECC6

accent

#D2136E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE70E6

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

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