#AE72CC#AE72CC

#AE72CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.144 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72CC
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 44.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 39.59, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 54.54, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0992 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.144 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3702, 25.3937, 60.2059)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72CC #90CC72

analogous

#8172CC #AE72CC #CC72BD

triadic

#AE72CC #CCAE72 #72CCAE

tetradic

#AE72CC #CC8172 #90CC72 #72BDCC

square

#AE72CC #CC8172 #90CC72 #72BDCC

split-complementary

#AE72CC #BDCC72 #72CC81

monochromatic

#713490 #9445BC #AE72CC #C89FDC #E2CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AE72CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#AE72CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72CC

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72CC	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6087CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.144 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89cdc',
    500: '#ae72cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72cc;
$custom-light: #c89cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64943,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72CC

secondary

#C7DDBC

accent

#BA2B5B

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72CC

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

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