#AE74E6#AE74E6

#AE74E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.171 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE74E6
RGB	rgb(174, 116, 230)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 49.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 44.31, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 66.39, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0999 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.171 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9809, 27.2029, 78.0974)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE74E6 #ACE674

analogous

#7574E6 #AE74E6 #E674E5

triadic

#AE74E6 #E6AE74 #74E6AE

tetradic

#AE74E6 #E67574 #ACE674 #74E5E6

square

#AE74E6 #E67574 #ACE674 #74E5E6

split-complementary

#AE74E6 #E5E674 #74E675

monochromatic

#7122BE #9040DD #AE74E6 #CCA8EF #EADCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AE74E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AE74E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE74E6

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE74E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE74E6	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A588A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae74e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 116, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.171 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99dee',
    500: '#ae74e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae74e6;
$custom-light: #c99dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae74e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6663,
    "c": 0.17084,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE74E6

secondary

#DBECC9

accent

#D11471

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE74E6

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

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