#AE79DD#AE79DD

#AE79DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.152 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE79DD
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 45.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 39.51, -43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 58.70, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.092 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.152 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3415, 27.8942, 71.8095)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE79DD #A8DD79

analogous

#7C79DD #AE79DD #DD79DA

triadic

#AE79DD #DDAE79 #79DDAE

tetradic

#AE79DD #DD7C79 #A8DD79 #79DADD

square

#AE79DD #DD7C79 #A8DD79 #79DADD

split-complementary

#AE79DD #DADD79 #79DD7C

monochromatic

#722CAF #9048D1 #AE79DD #CCAAE9 #E9DBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AE79DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#AE79DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE79DD

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE79DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE79DD	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#608EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E91DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A789A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae79dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.152 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a1e8',
    500: '#ae79dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae79dd;
$custom-light: #c8a1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae79dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66954,
    "c": 0.15205,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE79DD

secondary

#D8E9C9

accent

#C71E6E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE79DD

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

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