#AE72D3#AE72D3

#AE72D3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.152 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72D3
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 211)
HSL	hsl(277, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 46%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 41.12, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 58.03, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.1003 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.152 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2287, 25.7371, 64.7273)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72D3 #97D372

analogous

#7D72D3 #AE72D3 #D372C7

triadic

#AE72D3 #D3AE72 #72D3AE

tetradic

#AE72D3 #D37D72 #97D372 #72C7D3

square

#AE72D3 #D37D72 #97D372 #72C7D3

split-complementary

#AE72D3 #C7D372 #72D37D

monochromatic

#72309A #9343C4 #AE72D3 #C9A1E2 #E4CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AE72D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AE72D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72D3

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72D3	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C88D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.152 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89ce1',
    500: '#ae72d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72d3;
$custom-light: #c89ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.113,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65297,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72D3

secondary

#CCE2BF

accent

#C02660

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72D3

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

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