#AE72CA#AE72CA

#AE72CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.141 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72CA
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 43.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 39.17, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 53.55, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0988 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.141 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1318, 25.2984, 58.9507)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72CA #8ECA72

analogous

#8272CA #AE72CA #CA72BA

triadic

#AE72CA #CAAE72 #72CAAE

tetradic

#AE72CA #CA8272 #8ECA72 #72BACA

square

#AE72CA #CA8272 #8ECA72 #72BACA

split-complementary

#AE72CA #BACA72 #72CA82

monochromatic

#71358D #9446B9 #AE72CA #C89EDB #E1CBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AE72CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#AE72CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72CA

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72CA	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6186CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.141 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89cda',
    500: '#ae72ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72ca;
$custom-light: #c89cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64844,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72CA

secondary

#C6DCBC

accent

#B92D59

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72CA

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

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