#AE27B2#AE27B2

#AE27B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.224 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE27B2
RGB	rgb(174, 39, 178)
HSL	hsl(298, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(298, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, 67.93, -44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 81.01, 326.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1877 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.224 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2165, 13.6659, 43.3678)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE27B2 #2BB227

analogous

#6827B2 #AE27B2 #B22771

triadic

#AE27B2 #B2AE27 #27B2AE

tetradic

#AE27B2 #B26827 #2BB227 #2771B2

square

#AE27B2 #B26827 #2BB227 #2771B2

split-complementary

#AE27B2 #71B227 #27B268

monochromatic

#4C114E #7D1C80 #AE27B2 #D141D5 #DD73E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#AE27B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#AE27B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE27B2

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE27B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE27B2	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3406C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae27b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 39, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.224 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca72c9',
    500: '#ae27b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae27b2;
$custom-light: #ca72c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae27b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.273,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54485,
    "c": 0.22421,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE27B2

secondary

#70C86D

accent

#E74146

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EDF8

border

#D2C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE27B2

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