#AE79E2#AE79E2

#AE79E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.158 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE79E2
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 46.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 40.65, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 61.26, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.0927 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.158 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0176, 28.1647, 75.3703)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE79E2 #ADE279

analogous

#7979E2 #AE79E2 #E279E1

triadic

#AE79E2 #E2AE79 #79E2AE

tetradic

#AE79E2 #E27979 #ADE279 #79E1E2

square

#AE79E2 #E27979 #ADE279 #79E1E2

split-complementary

#AE79E2 #E1E279 #79E279

monochromatic

#7128B9 #9047D7 #AE79E2 #CCABED #EBDEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AE79E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AE79E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE79E2

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE79E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE79E2	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B91DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae79e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.158 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a1eb',
    500: '#ae79e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae79e2;
$custom-light: #c8a1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae79e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.286,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67216,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE79E2

secondary

#DBEBCB

accent

#CC1972

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F3FD

border

#D1CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE79E2

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

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