#AE73BE#AE73BE

#AE73BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.126 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE73BE
RGB	rgb(174, 115, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 39.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 36.10, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 47.05, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.095 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.126 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8793, 24.9788, 51.7946)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE73BE #83BE73

analogous

#8973BE #AE73BE #BE73A9

triadic

#AE73BE #BEAE73 #73BEAE

tetradic

#AE73BE #BE8973 #83BE73 #73A9BE

square

#AE73BE #BE8973 #83BE73 #73A9BE

split-complementary

#AE73BE #A9BE73 #73BE89

monochromatic

#6E3A7D #934DA6 #AE73BE #C69DD1 #DEC7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AE73BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AE73BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE73BE

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE73BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE73BE	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6885C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae73be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 115, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.126 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79cd2',
    500: '#ae73be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae73be;
$custom-light: #c79cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae73be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.2,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64437,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE73BE

secondary

#BED5B8

accent

#CD5B73

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE73BE

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

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