#AE73D8#AE73D8

#AE73D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.156 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE73D8
RGB	rgb(174, 115, 216)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 46.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 41.67, -43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 59.91, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0996 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.156 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9786, 26.2186, 68.1178)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE73D8 #9DD873

analogous

#7C73D8 #AE73D8 #D873CF

triadic

#AE73D8 #D8AE73 #73D8AE

tetradic

#AE73D8 #D87C73 #9DD873 #73CFD8

square

#AE73D8 #D87C73 #9DD873 #73CFD8

split-complementary

#AE73D8 #CFD873 #73D87C

monochromatic

#722DA3 #9243CB #AE73D8 #CAA3E5 #E5D3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AE73D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#AE73D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE73D8

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE73D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE73D8	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B89DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9839B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae73d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 115, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.156 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89de4',
    500: '#ae73d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae73d8;
$custom-light: #c89de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae73d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.05,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65717,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE73D8

secondary

#D1E5C2

accent

#C42265

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E15

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE73D8

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

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