#AE72D4#AE72D4

#AE72D4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.153 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72D4
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 212)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 46.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 41.33, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 58.53, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.1004 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.153 311)
XYZ	xyz(35.3544, 25.7874, 65.3896)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72D4 #98D472

analogous

#7D72D4 #AE72D4 #D472C9

triadic

#AE72D4 #D4AE72 #72D4AE

tetradic

#AE72D4 #D47D72 #98D472 #72C9D4

square

#AE72D4 #D47D72 #98D472 #72C9D4

split-complementary

#AE72D4 #C9D472 #72D47D

monochromatic

#72309C #9343C6 #AE72D4 #C9A1E2 #E4D0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AE72D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AE72D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72D4

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72D4	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C88D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.153 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89ce1',
    500: '#ae72d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72d4;
$custom-light: #c89ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.735,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65348,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.25787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72D4

secondary

#CDE2C0

accent

#C12561

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72D4

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

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