#AE279E#AE279E

#AE279E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.210 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AE279E
RGBrgb(174, 39, 158)
HSLhsl(307, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(307, 78%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.6%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(42.64, 64.80, -33.98)
CIE-LCHlch(42.64, 73.17, 332.33°)
OKLaboklab(53.34% 0.1877 -0.0932)
OKLCHoklch(53.34% 0.21 333.6)
XYZxyz(24.3528, 12.9205, 33.5524)
Luminance0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AE279E #27AE37
analogous
#7B27AE #AE279E #AE275B
triadic
#AE279E #9EAE27 #279EAE
tetradic
#AE279E #AE7B27 #27AE37 #275BAE
square
#AE279E #AE7B27 #27AE37 #275BAE
split-complementary
#AE279E #5BAE27 #27AE7B
monochromatic
#4A1143 #7C1C71 #AE279E #D43EC2 #DF70D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86
#AE279E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58
#AE279E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE279E
5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AE279E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AE279E1.005.863.585.86
#FFFFFF5.861.0021.001.00
#0000003.5821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.861.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2258A1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#576B9B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B63561
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ae279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.210 333.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca71bb',
    500: '#ae279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ae279e;
$custom-light: #ca71bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ae279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53339,
    "c": 0.2096,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AE279E
secondary
#6BC676
accent
#E65541
background
#FCF7FB
surface
#F9EDF6
border
#D2C8D0
text
#140912
muted
#827B81

Preview Lab

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#AE279E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva