#AE79E1#AE79E1

#AE79E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.157 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE79E1
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 225)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 46.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 40.42, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 60.74, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0925 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.157 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8808, 28.1099, 74.6497)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE79E1 #ACE179

analogous

#7A79E1 #AE79E1 #E179E0

triadic

#AE79E1 #E1AE79 #79E1AE

tetradic

#AE79E1 #E17A79 #ACE179 #79E0E1

square

#AE79E1 #E17A79 #ACE179 #79E0E1

split-complementary

#AE79E1 #E0E179 #79E17A

monochromatic

#7129B7 #9047D6 #AE79E1 #CCABEC #EADDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE79E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AE79E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE79E1

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE79E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE79E1	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B91DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae79e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.157 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a1eb',
    500: '#ae79e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae79e1;
$custom-light: #c8a1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae79e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.577,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67163,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE79E1

secondary

#DBEBCB

accent

#CB1A71

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F3FD

border

#D1CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE79E1

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

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