#AE79EB#AE79EB

#AE79EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.169 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE79EB
RGB	rgb(174, 121, 235)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(268, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 42.75, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 65.87, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0937 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.169 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2851, 28.6717, 82.0457)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE79EB #B6EB79

analogous

#797DEB #AE79EB #E779EB

triadic

#AE79EB #EBAE79 #79EBAE

tetradic

#AE79EB #EB797D #B6EB79 #79EBE7

square

#AE79EB #EB797D #B6EB79 #79EBE7

split-complementary

#AE79EB #EBE779 #7DEB79

monochromatic

#6F1ECB #8E44E3 #AE79EB #CEAEF3 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AE79EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#AE79EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE79EB

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE79EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE79EB	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5791EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6592E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae79eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 121, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.169 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a1f2',
    500: '#ae79eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae79eb;
$custom-light: #c9a1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae79eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.895,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67702,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE79EB

secondary

#E1F0D0

accent

#D60F7A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE79EB

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

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