#AE73B2#AE73B2

#AE73B2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.113 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE73B2
RGB	rgb(174, 115, 178)
HSL	hsl(296, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(296, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 35.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 33.70, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 41.40, 324.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.0922 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.113 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6214, 24.4756, 45.1694)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE73B2 #77B273

analogous

#8E73B2 #AE73B2 #B27397

triadic

#AE73B2 #B2AE73 #73B2AE

tetradic

#AE73B2 #B28E73 #77B273 #7397B2

square

#AE73B2 #B28E73 #77B273 #7397B2

split-complementary

#AE73B2 #97B273 #73B28E

monochromatic

#6B3D6E #915296 #AE73B2 #C59AC8 #DCC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#AE73B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#AE73B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE73B2

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE73B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE73B2	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D83B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1798A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae73b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 115, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.113 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79cc9',
    500: '#ae73b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae73b2;
$custom-light: #c79cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae73b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.19,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63902,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE73B2

secondary

#B5CDB4

accent

#C56269

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE73B2

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

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