#AE80FF

sRGB: 174 / 128 / 255

Radiant blossoms fracture ancient heavens
Morning melodies fade beyond remembrance
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#AE80FF belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 174 red, 128 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 261.7° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.33:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 174, 128, 255
HSL: 261.73°, 100.00%, 75.10%
HSV / HSB: 261.73°, 49.80%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 31.76%, 49.80%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.222, 31.657, 98.444
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 63.059, 43.729, -57.071
WCAG relative luminance: 0.31657
24-bit decimal: 11436287

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AE80FF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.33:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.86:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#D1FF80 sits half a turn (180°) from #AE80FF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AE80FF #D1FF80

Analogous

#8091FF and #EE80FF sit 30° to either side of #AE80FF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#8091FF #AE80FF #EE80FF

Triadic

#AE80FF, #FFAE80 and #80FFAE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AE80FF #FFAE80 #80FFAE

Split complementary

Start at #AE80FF and look across the wheel. #FFEE80 and #91FF80 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AE80FF #FFEE80 #91FF80

Square

Starting with #AE80FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF8091, #D1FF80, then #80FFEE. Across the square, #AE80FF pairs with #D1FF80, and #FF8091 with #80FFEE.

#AE80FF #FF8091 #D1FF80 #80FFEE

Tetradic

#AE80FF and #D1FF80 are opposites, as are #FF80D1 and #80FFAE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AE80FF #FF80D1 #D1FF80 #80FFAE

Tints

Mixing #AE80FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE99FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFE6FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#AE80FF #BE99FF #CEB3FF #DFCCFF #EFE6FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AE80FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8B66CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #231A33, the mixture is 80% black.

#AE80FF #8B66CC #684D99 #463366 #231A33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AE80FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A580E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #898099, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AE80FF #A580E6 #9C80CC #9280B3 #898099 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AE80FF

RGB

rgb(174 128 255)

HSL

hsl(261.732 100.000% 75.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AE80FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AE80FF uses 174 red, 128 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.2%

Green 50.2%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AE80FF is 31.8% cyan, 49.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 31.8%

Magenta 49.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA88FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A8F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AE80FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA88FF Nearest web-safe: #9999FF

Gradient to complement

#AE80FF #B495EA #BAAAD5 #C0C0C0 #C5D5AA #CBEA95 #D1FF80

Color vision previews

Compare how #AE80FF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#5399FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#5F97FC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#9D98B4

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7C91FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7E91FD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A889E7

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#999999

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A48DD4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.42327 G 0.21586 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.65491 G 0.50929 B 0.97012

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.38645 G 0.22275 B 0.93338

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.249 y 0.183 Y 31.657

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 31.765 M % 49.804 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101110 10000000 11111111