#AE40FF#AE40FF

#AE40FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.265 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE40FF
RGB	rgb(174, 64, 255)
HSL	hsl(275, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 74.34, -75.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 105.84, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.1561 -0.2144)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.265 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3350, 19.8858, 96.4598)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE40FF #91FF40

analogous

#4E40FF #AE40FF #FF40F0

triadic

#AE40FF #FFAE40 #40FFAE

tetradic

#AE40FF #FF4E40 #91FF40 #40F0FF

square

#AE40FF #FF4E40 #91FF40 #40F0FF

split-complementary

#AE40FF #F0FF40 #40FF4E

monochromatic

#7100C5 #9403FF #AE40FF #C87DFF #E2BAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#AE40FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#AE40FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE40FF

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE40FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE40FF	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007CFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F709E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae40ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 64, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.265 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc80ff',
    500: '#ae40ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae40ff;
$custom-light: #cc80ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae40ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.555,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61724,
    "c": 0.26516,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE40FF

secondary

#C8F0AB

accent

#E60061

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFF

border

#D3CAD7

text

#140B18

muted

#837C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE40FF

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

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