#AE79CB#AE79CB

#AE79CB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.131 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE79CB
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 40.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 35.51, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 49.57, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.0888 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.131 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0706, 26.9859, 59.8496)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE79CB #96CB79

analogous

#8579CB #AE79CB #CB79BF

triadic

#AE79CB #CBAE79 #79CBAE

tetradic

#AE79CB #CB8579 #96CB79 #79BFCB

square

#AE79CB #CB8579 #96CB79 #79BFCB

split-complementary

#AE79CB #BFCB79 #79CB85

monochromatic

#723891 #934DBA #AE79CB #C9A5DC #E3D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE79CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AE79CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE79CB

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE79CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE79CB	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae79cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.131 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a0db',
    500: '#ae79cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae79cb;
$custom-light: #c7a0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae79cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.78,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66057,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE79CB

secondary

#CCDEC1

accent

#B72E5F

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE79CB

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

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