#AE72BC#AE72BC

#AE72BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.126 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72BC
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(289, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(289, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 36.24, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 46.73, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0961 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.126 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5488, 24.6652, 50.6135)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72BC #80BC72

analogous

#8972BC #AE72BC #BC72A5

triadic

#AE72BC #BCAE72 #72BCAE

tetradic

#AE72BC #BC8972 #80BC72 #72A5BC

square

#AE72BC #BC8972 #80BC72 #72A5BC

split-complementary

#AE72BC #A5BC72 #72BC89

monochromatic

#6E3A7A #934EA3 #AE72BC #C69BD0 #DEC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#AE72BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#AE72BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72BC

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72BC	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6884BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.126 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79cd0',
    500: '#ae72bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72bc;
$custom-light: #c79cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64178,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72BC

secondary

#BCD3B6

accent

#CC5C71

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72BC

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

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