#AE72D2#AE72D2

#AE72D2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.151 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72D2
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 210)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 46%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 45.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 40.90, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 57.53, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.1001 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.151 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1037, 25.6871, 64.0691)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72D2 #96D272

analogous

#7E72D2 #AE72D2 #D272C6

triadic

#AE72D2 #D2AE72 #72D2AE

tetradic

#AE72D2 #D27E72 #96D272 #72C6D2

square

#AE72D2 #D27E72 #96D272 #72C6D2

split-complementary

#AE72D2 #C6D272 #72D27E

monochromatic

#723199 #9344C3 #AE72D2 #C9A0E1 #E3CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AE72D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AE72D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72D2

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72D2	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D88D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.151 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89ce0',
    500: '#ae72d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72d2;
$custom-light: #c89ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65245,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72D2

secondary

#CCE1BF

accent

#BF2660

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72D2

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

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