#ae36ff

Color #ae36ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ae36ff

RGB

rgb(174, 54, 255)

HSL

hsl(275.8, 100%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.8, 78.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 78.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(50.52, 77.77, -77.28)

LCH

lch(50.52, 109.64, 315.18)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.2742, 306.65)

HWB

hwb(275.8, 21.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87ff36

Analogous

#4936ff

#ae36ff

#ff36ec

Triadic

#ae36ff

#ffae36

#36ffae

Split-complementary

#ae36ff

#ecff36

#36ff49

Tetradic

#ae36ff

#ff3687

#87ff36

#36ffae

Square

#ae36ff

#ff4936

#87ff36

#36ecff

Shades

Color #ae36ff mixed toward black.

#9903ff

#7b00ce

#5c009b

#3d0067

#1f0034

Tints

Color #ae36ff mixed toward white.

#bb58ff

#c979ff

#d69bff

#e4bcff

#f1deff

Tones

Color #ae36ff mixed toward gray.

#ab47ee

#a758de

#a468cd

#a179bc

#9e8aab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ae3 · ΔE 20

Deuteranopia

#9097db · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#aac9c2 · ΔE 40

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 31.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae36ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae36ff]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae36ff (#ae36ff) is rgb(174, 54, 255) in RGB.

No, #ae36ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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