#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
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(307, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(307, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 9.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 64.80, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 73.17, 332.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1877 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.21 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3528, 12.9205, 33.5524)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##AE279E	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #AE279E

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

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