#AD279E#AD279E

#AD279E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.209 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD279E
RGB	rgb(173, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(307, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(307, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 8.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, 64.58, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 73.11, 332.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1867 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.209 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1308, 12.8060, 33.5420)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD279E #27AD36

analogous

#7927AD #AD279E #AD275B

triadic

#AD279E #9EAD27 #279EAD

tetradic

#AD279E #AD7927 #27AD36 #275BAD

square

#AD279E #AD7927 #27AD36 #275BAD

split-complementary

#AD279E #5BAD27 #27AD79

monochromatic

#491043 #7B1C70 #AD279E #D33EC3 #DF70D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#AD279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#AD279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD279E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD279E	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2158A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.209 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c971bb',
    500: '#ad279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad279e;
$custom-light: #c971bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.716,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53182,
    "c": 0.2091,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD279E

secondary

#6AC674

accent

#E65442

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD279E

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

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