What is hex #AE42EF color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 68% red, 26% green and 94% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (174,66,239).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (27%, 72%, 0%, 6%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #AE42EF features a hue of 277°, 72% saturation, and a brightness value of 94%.

Hex #AE42EF Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (174,66,239)
CMYK Values (27%, 72%, 0%, 6%)
HSV/HSB Values (277°, 72%, 94%)
Closest Web Safe
#9933FF
Inverse Color
#51BD10
Closest Pantone®
2582 C
Closest RAL
RAL 4010 [Telemagenta]
Complementary Color
#83EF42

#AE42EF Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#9F9F9F
Lightness (Desaturation)
#989898
Weighted (BT601)
#767676
Luma (BT709)
#656565

Hex #AE42EF Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #AE42EF is #83EF42. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #AE42EF you will find #83EF42. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#AE42EF #83EF42

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #AE42EF is composed with colors #5742EF and #EF42D9. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AE42EF with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#5742EF #AE42EF #EF42D9

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #AE42EF is composed with colors #42EF57 and #D9EF42. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#AE42EF #42EF57 #D9EF42

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #AE42EF is composed with colors #42EFAE and #EFAE42. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AE42EF with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#AE42EF #42EFAE #EFAE42

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #AE42EF is composed with colors #EFAE42, #83EF42 and #4283EF A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#AE42EF #EFAE42 #83EF42 #4283EF

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #AE42EF is composed with colors #EF5742, #83EF42 and #42D9EF To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#AE42EF #EF5742 #83EF42 #42D9EF

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #AE42EF

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #AE42EF.

#AE42EF #B654F0 #BE67F2 #C67AF3 #CE8DF5 #D6A0F6 #DEB2F8 #E6C5FA

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#AE42EF #AB4CE4 #A956DA #A660D0 #A46AC6 #A174BC #9F7EB2 #9C88A8

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#AE42EF #A52FED #9D1CEB #9313E0 #8711CD #7A0FBB #6E0EA8 #620C95

Hex #AE42EF in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #AE42EF
Java new Color(174,66,239);
Python Color(#AE42EF)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 174,66,239);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.68, green: 0.26, blue: 0.94, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(174, 66, 239)