#AE72DB#AE72DB

#AE72DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.161 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72DB
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 219)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 47.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 42.89, -44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 62.05, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.1013 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.161 309)
XYZ	xyz(36.2566, 26.1483, 70.1412)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72DB #9FDB72

analogous

#7A72DB #AE72DB #DB72D3

triadic

#AE72DB #DBAE72 #72DBAE

tetradic

#AE72DB #DB7A72 #9FDB72 #72D3DB

square

#AE72DB #DB7A72 #9FDB72 #72D3DB

split-complementary

#AE72DB #D3DB72 #72DB7A

monochromatic

#722BA8 #9241CF #AE72DB #CAA3E7 #E6D4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AE72DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AE72DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72DB

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72DB	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5889DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8839C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.161 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89ce6',
    500: '#ae72db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72db;
$custom-light: #c89ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65716,
    "c": 0.16108,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.26148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72DB

secondary

#D2E6C3

accent

#C71F67

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72DB

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

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