#AE79E4#AE79E4

#AE79E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.161 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE79E4
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 228)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 46.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 41.11, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 62.28, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0929 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.161 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2936, 28.2751, 76.8240)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE79E4 #AFE479

analogous

#7979E4 #AE79E4 #E479E4

triadic

#AE79E4 #E4AE79 #79E4AE

tetradic

#AE79E4 #E47979 #AFE479 #79E4E4

square

#AE79E4 #E47979 #AFE479 #79E4E4

split-complementary

#AE79E4 #E4E479 #79E479

monochromatic

#7126BD #8F46DA #AE79E4 #CDACEE #ECDFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AE79E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AE79E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE79E4

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE79E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE79E4	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C8FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A91E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae79e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.161 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a1ed',
    500: '#ae79e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae79e4;
$custom-light: #c8a1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae79e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.72,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67323,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE79E4

secondary

#DDECCC

accent

#CE1774

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F3FD

border

#D1CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE79E4

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

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