#AE72E2#AE72E2

#AE72E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.169 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72E2
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 44.47, -48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 65.59, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.1021 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.169 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1976, 26.5247, 75.0969)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72E2 #A6E272

analogous

#7672E2 #AE72E2 #E272DE

triadic

#AE72E2 #E2AE72 #72E2AE

tetradic

#AE72E2 #E27672 #A6E272 #72DEE2

square

#AE72E2 #E27672 #A6E272 #72DEE2

split-complementary

#AE72E2 #DEE272 #72E276

monochromatic

#7225B4 #913FD8 #AE72E2 #CBA5EC #E8D8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#AE72E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#AE72E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72E2

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72E2	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A685A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.169 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89ceb',
    500: '#ae72e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72e2;
$custom-light: #c89ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66094,
    "c": 0.16929,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72E2

secondary

#D7EAC6

accent

#CE186C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72E2

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

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