#AE77CC#AE77CC

#AE77CC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.135 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE77CC
RGB	rgb(174, 119, 204)
HSL	hsl(279, 45%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 41.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 36.84, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 51.36, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0919 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.135 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9496, 26.5526, 60.3991)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE77CC #95CC77

analogous

#8377CC #AE77CC #CC77BF

triadic

#AE77CC #CCAE77 #77CCAE

tetradic

#AE77CC #CC8377 #95CC77 #77BFCC

square

#AE77CC #CC8377 #95CC77 #77BFCC

split-complementary

#AE77CC #BFCC77 #77CC83

monochromatic

#723792 #934ABB #AE77CC #C9A4DD #E3D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#AE77CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#AE77CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE77CC

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE77CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE77CC	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae77cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 119, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.135 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79fdc',
    500: '#ae77cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae77cc;
$custom-light: #c79fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae77cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65768,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE77CC

secondary

#CBDFC0

accent

#B92D5E

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE77CC

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

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