#AE72E9#AE72E9

#AE72E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.177 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72E9
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 46.08, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 69.13, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.1028 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.178 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1777, 26.9167, 80.2592)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72E9 #ADE972

analogous

#7272E9 #AE72E9 #E972E8

triadic

#AE72E9 #E9AE72 #72E9AE

tetradic

#AE72E9 #E97272 #ADE972 #72E8E9

square

#AE72E9 #E97272 #ADE972 #72E8E9

split-complementary

#AE72E9 #E8E972 #72E972

monochromatic

#711EC2 #903DE1 #AE72E9 #CCA7F1 #EBDCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AE72E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#AE72E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72E9

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72E9	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A487A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.177 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99cf0',
    500: '#ae72e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72e9;
$custom-light: #c99cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.252,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66484,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72E9

secondary

#DBEEC9

accent

#D51072

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72E9

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

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