#AE72BE#AE72BE

#AE72BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.128 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72BE
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 40%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 36.65, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 47.69, 320.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0965 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.128 319)
XYZ	xyz(32.7659, 24.7520, 51.7568)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72BE #82BE72

analogous

#8872BE #AE72BE #BE72A8

triadic

#AE72BE #BEAE72 #72BEAE

tetradic

#AE72BE #BE8872 #82BE72 #72A8BE

square

#AE72BE #BE8872 #82BE72 #72A8BE

split-complementary

#AE72BE #A8BE72 #72BE88

monochromatic

#6E397C #934DA6 #AE72BE #C69CD1 #DEC6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AE72BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#AE72BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72BE

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72BE	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.128 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79cd2',
    500: '#ae72be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72be;
$custom-light: #c79cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6427,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.24751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72BE

secondary

#BDD5B7

accent

#CD5B73

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72BE

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

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