#AE78EB#AE78EB

#AE78EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.171 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE78EB
RGB	rgb(174, 120, 235)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(268, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 43.29, -50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 66.49, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.095 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.171 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1642, 28.4299, 82.0054)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE78EB #B5EB78

analogous

#787CEB #AE78EB #E878EB

triadic

#AE78EB #EBAE78 #78EBAE

tetradic

#AE78EB #EB787C #B5EB78 #78EBE8

square

#AE78EB #EB787C #B5EB78 #78EBE8

split-complementary

#AE78EB #EBE878 #7CEB78

monochromatic

#6F1ECB #8E43E3 #AE78EB #CEADF3 #EEE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AE78EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AE78EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE78EB

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE78EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE78EB	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5690EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6491E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae78eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 120, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.171 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0f2',
    500: '#ae78eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae78eb;
$custom-light: #c9a0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae78eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.174,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67542,
    "c": 0.17054,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE78EB

secondary

#E0F0CF

accent

#D60F79

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE78EB

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

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