#AE72C8#AE72C8

#AE72C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.139 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72C8
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(282, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 38.74, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 52.56, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.0985 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.139 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8966, 25.2043, 57.7117)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72C8 #8CC872

analogous

#8372C8 #AE72C8 #C872B7

triadic

#AE72C8 #C8AE72 #72C8AE

tetradic

#AE72C8 #C88372 #8CC872 #72B7C8

square

#AE72C8 #C88372 #8CC872 #72B7C8

split-complementary

#AE72C8 #B7C872 #72C883

monochromatic

#70368A #9447B6 #AE72C8 #C79ED9 #E1CAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AE72C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AE72C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72C8

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72C8	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6286CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.139 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79cd9',
    500: '#ae72c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72c8;
$custom-light: #c79cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64745,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72C8

secondary

#C5DBBB

accent

#B72E58

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72C8

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

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