#AE42FF#AE42FF

#AE42FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.263 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE42FF
RGB	rgb(174, 66, 255)
HSL	hsl(274, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 73.59, -74.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 105.02, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.1544 -0.2131)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.263 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4498, 20.1154, 96.4981)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE42FF #93FF42

analogous

#5042FF #AE42FF #FF42F1

triadic

#AE42FF #FFAE42 #42FFAE

tetradic

#AE42FF #FF5042 #93FF42 #42F1FF

square

#AE42FF #FF5042 #93FF42 #42F1FF

split-complementary

#AE42FF #F1FF42 #42FF50

monochromatic

#7100C7 #9405FF #AE42FF #C87FFF #E2BCFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#AE42FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#AE42FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE42FF

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE42FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE42FF	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007CFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F719E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae42ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 66, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.263 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc81ff',
    500: '#ae42ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae42ff;
$custom-light: #cc81ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae42ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61906,
    "c": 0.26319,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE42FF

secondary

#CAF0AC

accent

#E60062

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFF

border

#D3CAD7

text

#140B18

muted

#837C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE42FF

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

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