#AE27A5#AE27A5

#AE27A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.215 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE27A5
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 165)
HSL	hsl(304, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(304, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 65.86, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 75.83, 330.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1879 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.215 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9726, 13.1684, 36.8165)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE27A5 #27AE30

analogous

#7427AE #AE27A5 #AE2762

triadic

#AE27A5 #A5AE27 #27A5AE

tetradic

#AE27A5 #AE7427 #27AE30 #2762AE

square

#AE27A5 #AE7427 #27AE30 #2762AE

split-complementary

#AE27A5 #62AE27 #27AE74

monochromatic

#4A1146 #7C1C76 #AE27A5 #D43ECA #DF70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AE27A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AE27A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE27A5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE27A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE27A5	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#175AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae27a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.215 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca71c0',
    500: '#ae27a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae27a5;
$custom-light: #ca71c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae27a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53726,
    "c": 0.21461,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE27A5

secondary

#6BC671

accent

#E64C41

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF7

border

#D2C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE27A5

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

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