#AE42EA#AE42EA

#AE42EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.244 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42EA
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(279, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 69.19, -65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 95.32, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.158 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.244 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2522, 18.8364, 79.6574)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42EA #7EEA42

analogous

#5A42EA #AE42EA #EA42D2

triadic

#AE42EA #EAAE42 #42EAAE

tetradic

#AE42EA #EA5A42 #7EEA42 #42D2EA

square

#AE42EA #EA5A42 #7EEA42 #42D2EA

split-complementary

#AE42EA #D2EA42 #42EA5A

monochromatic

#6D12A0 #9318D7 #AE42EA #C679F0 #DDB0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#AE42EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#AE42EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE42EA

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE42EA	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#207AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.244 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb80f2',
    500: '#ae42ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42ea;
$custom-light: #cb80f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60403,
    "c": 0.24381,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42EA

secondary

#BAE5A3

accent

#F63178

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42EA

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

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