#AE73CC#AE73CC

#AE73CC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.142 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE73CC
RGB	rgb(174, 115, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 43.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 39.05, -37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 53.91, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0977 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.142 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4836, 25.6205, 60.2437)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE73CC #91CC73

analogous

#8173CC #AE73CC #CC73BE

triadic

#AE73CC #CCAE73 #73CCAE

tetradic

#AE73CC #CC8173 #91CC73 #73BECC

square

#AE73CC #CC8173 #91CC73 #73BECC

split-complementary

#AE73CC #BECC73 #73CC81

monochromatic

#713490 #9446BC #AE73CC #C8A0DC #E2CDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AE73CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AE73CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE73CC

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE73CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE73CC	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6287CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae73cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 115, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.142 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89cdc',
    500: '#ae73cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae73cc;
$custom-light: #c89cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae73cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.775,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65106,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE73CC

secondary

#C8DEBD

accent

#BA2C5C

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE73CC

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

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