#AE73AE#AE73AE

#AE73AE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.109 H 326.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE73AE
RGB	rgb(174, 115, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(300, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 32.92, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 39.59, 326.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0911 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.109 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2256, 24.3173, 43.0851)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE73AE #73AE73

analogous

#9173AE #AE73AE #AE7391

triadic

#AE73AE #AEAE73 #73AEAE

tetradic

#AE73AE #AE9173 #73AE73 #7391AE

square

#AE73AE #AE9173 #73AE73 #7391AE

split-complementary

#AE73AE #91AE73 #73AE91

monochromatic

#6A3D6A #905390 #AE73AE #C49AC4 #DBC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#AE73AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#AE73AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE73AE

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE73AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE73AE	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F83B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae73ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 115, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.109 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79cc6',
    500: '#ae73ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae73ae;
$custom-light: #c79cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae73ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63732,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE73AE

secondary

#B2CAB2

accent

#C36565

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE73AE

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

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