#AE27AE#AE27AE

#AE27AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.221 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE27AE
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(300, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, 67.28, -42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 79.39, 327.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1878 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.221 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8208, 13.5076, 41.2835)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE27AE #27AE27

analogous

#6B27AE #AE27AE #AE276B

triadic

#AE27AE #AEAE27 #27AEAE

tetradic

#AE27AE #AE6B27 #27AE27 #276BAE

square

#AE27AE #AE6B27 #27AE27 #276BAE

split-complementary

#AE27AE #6BAE27 #27AE6B

monochromatic

#4A114A #7C1C7C #AE27AE #D43ED4 #DF70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#AE27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#AE27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE27AE

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE27AE	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.221 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca72c7',
    500: '#ae27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae27ae;
$custom-light: #ca72c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54246,
    "c": 0.22122,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE27AE

secondary

#6BC66B

accent

#E64141

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EDF8

border

#D2C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE27AE

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

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