#AE72DE#AE72DE

#AE72DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.165 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72DE
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 222)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 48.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, 43.57, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 63.56, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.1017 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.165 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6551, 26.3077, 72.2400)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72DE #A2DE72

analogous

#7872DE #AE72DE #DE72D8

triadic

#AE72DE #DEAE72 #72DEAE

tetradic

#AE72DE #DE7872 #A2DE72 #72D8DE

square

#AE72DE #DE7872 #A2DE72 #72D8DE

split-complementary

#AE72DE #D8DE72 #72DE78

monochromatic

#7229AD #9240D2 #AE72DE #CAA4EA #E7D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#AE72DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#AE72DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72DE

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72DE	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.165 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89ce9',
    500: '#ae72de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72de;
$custom-light: #c89ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65877,
    "c": 0.1646,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72DE

secondary

#D4E8C4

accent

#CA1C69

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72DE

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

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