#AE78DD#AE78DD

#AE78DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.154 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE78DD
RGB	rgb(174, 120, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 45.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 40.06, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 59.32, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0933 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.154 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2206, 27.6525, 71.7692)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE78DD #A7DD78

analogous

#7C78DD #AE78DD #DD78DA

triadic

#AE78DD #DDAE78 #78DDAE

tetradic

#AE78DD #DD7C78 #A7DD78 #78DADD

square

#AE78DD #DD7C78 #A7DD78 #78DADD

split-complementary

#AE78DD #DADD78 #78DD7C

monochromatic

#722CAF #9147D1 #AE78DD #CBA9E9 #E9DAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AE78DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AE78DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE78DD

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE78DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE78DD	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D90DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A789A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae78dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 120, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.154 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a0e8',
    500: '#ae78dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae78dd;
$custom-light: #c8a0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae78dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.079,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6679,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE78DD

secondary

#D7E9C8

accent

#C71E6D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE78DD

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

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