#AE73B3#AE73B3

#AE73B3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.114 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE73B3
RGB	rgb(174, 115, 179)
HSL	hsl(295, 30%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(295, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 35.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 33.89, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 41.86, 324.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.0924 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.114 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7221, 24.5160, 45.7001)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE73B3 #78B373

analogous

#8E73B3 #AE73B3 #B37398

triadic

#AE73B3 #B3AE73 #73B3AE

tetradic

#AE73B3 #B38E73 #78B373 #7398B3

square

#AE73B3 #B38E73 #78B373 #7398B3

split-complementary

#AE73B3 #98B373 #73B38E

monochromatic

#6B3C6F #925297 #AE73B3 #C59BC9 #DCC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#AE73B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#AE73B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE73B3

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE73B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE73B3	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D83B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae73b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 115, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.114 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79cca',
    500: '#ae73b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae73b3;
$custom-light: #c79cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae73b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.313,
    "s": 29.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE73B3

secondary

#B6CEB4

accent

#C6626A

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE73B3

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

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