#AE79CC#AE79CC

#AE79CC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.132 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE79CC
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 40.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 35.73, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 50.08, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.089 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.132 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1902, 27.0337, 60.4793)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE79CC #97CC79

analogous

#8479CC #AE79CC #CC79C0

triadic

#AE79CC #CCAE79 #79CCAE

tetradic

#AE79CC #CC8479 #97CC79 #79C0CC

square

#AE79CC #CC8479 #97CC79 #79C0CC

split-complementary

#AE79CC #C0CC79 #79CC84

monochromatic

#723893 #934DBB #AE79CC #C9A5DD #E4D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AE79CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AE79CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE79CC

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE79CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE79CC	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae79cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.132 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a0dc',
    500: '#ae79cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae79cc;
$custom-light: #c7a0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae79cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.313,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66105,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE79CC

secondary

#CCDFC2

accent

#B82D60

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE79CC

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

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