#AE73DD#AE73DD

#AE73DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.162 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE73DD
RGB	rgb(174, 115, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 48%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 42.80, -45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 62.44, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% 0.1002 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.162 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6349, 26.4811, 71.5740)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE73DD #A2DD73

analogous

#7973DD #AE73DD #DD73D7

triadic

#AE73DD #DDAE73 #73DDAE

tetradic

#AE73DD #DD7973 #A2DD73 #73D7DD

square

#AE73DD #DD7973 #A2DD73 #73D7DD

split-complementary

#AE73DD #D7DD73 #73DD79

monochromatic

#722AAC #9242D1 #AE73DD #CAA4E9 #E7D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AE73DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#AE73DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE73DD

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE73DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE73DD	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#588AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae73dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 115, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.162 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89de8',
    500: '#ae73dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae73dd;
$custom-light: #c89de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae73dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.396,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65982,
    "c": 0.16181,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE73DD

secondary

#D4E7C4

accent

#C91D69

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE73DD

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

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