#AE79BE#AE79BE

#AE79BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.115 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE79BE
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 32.77, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 43.15, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.086 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.115 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5859, 26.3920, 52.0301)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE79BE #89BE79

analogous

#8B79BE #AE79BE #BE79AB

triadic

#AE79BE #BEAE79 #79BEAE

tetradic

#AE79BE #BE8B79 #89BE79 #79ABBE

square

#AE79BE #BE8B79 #89BE79 #79ABBE

split-complementary

#AE79BE #ABBE79 #79BE8B

monochromatic

#703E7F #9452A8 #AE79BE #C7A2D2 #E0CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AE79BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#AE79BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE79BE

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE79BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE79BE	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F89C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae79be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.115 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a0d1',
    500: '#ae79be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae79be;
$custom-light: #c7a0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae79be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.087,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65457,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE79BE

secondary

#C2D6BC

accent

#AE3853

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE79BE

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

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