#AE72EC#AE72EC

#AE72EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.181 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72EC
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 51.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 46.78, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 70.65, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.103 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.181 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6099, 27.0896, 82.5354)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72EC #B0EC72

analogous

#7273EC #AE72EC #EB72EC

triadic

#AE72EC #ECAE72 #72ECAE

tetradic

#AE72EC #EC7273 #B0EC72 #72ECEB

square

#AE72EC #EC7273 #B0EC72 #72ECEB

split-complementary

#AE72EC #ECEB72 #73EC72

monochromatic

#701BC9 #8F3CE5 #AE72EC #CDA8F3 #ECDEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AE72EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AE72EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72EC

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72EC	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B8CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A388A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.181 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99cf3',
    500: '#ae72ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72ec;
$custom-light: #c99cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66655,
    "c": 0.18102,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72EC

secondary

#DDEFCB

accent

#D80D74

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72EC

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

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