#AE79C8#AE79C8

#AE79C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.127 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE79C8
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(280, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 34.87, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 48.07, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0882 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.127 314)
XYZ	xyz(34.7166, 26.8443, 57.9850)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE79C8 #93C879

analogous

#8679C8 #AE79C8 #C879BA

triadic

#AE79C8 #C8AE79 #79C8AE

tetradic

#AE79C8 #C88679 #93C879 #79BAC8

square

#AE79C8 #C88679 #93C879 #79BAC8

split-complementary

#AE79C8 #BAC879 #79C886

monochromatic

#713A8D #944EB6 #AE79C8 #C8A4DA #E2D0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AE79C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#AE79C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE79C8

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE79C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE79C8	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae79c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.127 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a0d9',
    500: '#ae79c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae79c8;
$custom-light: #c7a0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae79c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.253,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65915,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.26844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE79C8

secondary

#CADDC0

accent

#B5315C

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE79C8

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

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