#AE72EE#AE72EE

#AE72EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.183 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE72EE
RGB	rgb(174, 114, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(269, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 52.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 47.25, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 71.67, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.1031 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.183 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9021, 27.2065, 84.0743)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE72EE #B2EE72

analogous

#7274EE #AE72EE #EC72EE

triadic

#AE72EE #EEAE72 #72EEAE

tetradic

#AE72EE #EE7274 #B2EE72 #72EEEC

square

#AE72EE #EE7274 #B2EE72 #72EEEC

split-complementary

#AE72EE #EEEC72 #74EE72

monochromatic

#7019CD #8F3BE7 #AE72EE #CDA9F5 #EDDFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AE72EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AE72EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE72EE

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE72EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE72EE	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#498DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A389A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae72ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 114, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.183 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99cf4',
    500: '#ae72ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae72ee;
$custom-light: #c99cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae72ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66769,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE72EE

secondary

#DEF0CC

accent

#DB0B76

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE72EE

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

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