#AE72DD#AE72DD

#AE72DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.163 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72DD
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 43.34, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 63.06, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.1016 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.163 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5215, 26.2542, 71.5362)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72DD #A1DD72

analogous

#7872DD #AE72DD #DD72D6

triadic

#AE72DD #DDAE72 #72DDAE

tetradic

#AE72DD #DD7872 #A1DD72 #72D6DD

square

#AE72DD #DD7872 #A1DD72 #72D6DD

split-complementary

#AE72DD #D6DD72 #72DD78

monochromatic

#7229AB #9241D1 #AE72DD #CAA3E9 #E7D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AE72DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#AE72DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72DD

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72DD	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8849D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.163 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89ce8',
    500: '#ae72dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72dd;
$custom-light: #c89ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.645,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65823,
    "c": 0.16342,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72DD

secondary

#D3E7C4

accent

#C91D68

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72DD

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

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