#ae38f4

Color #ae38f4

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ae38f4

RGB

rgb(174, 56, 244)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 89.5%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 77%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 77%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(49.93, 74.87, -72.1)

LCH

lch(49.93, 103.94, 316.08)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.2629, 308.82)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 22%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ef438

Analogous

#5038f4

#ae38f4

#f438dc

Triadic

#ae38f4

#f4ae38

#38f4ae

Split-complementary

#ae38f4

#dcf438

#38f450

Tetradic

#ae38f4

#f4387e

#7ef438

#38f4ae

Square

#ae38f4

#f45038

#7ef438

#38dcf4

Shades

Color #ae38f4 mixed toward black.

#9a0ded

#7b0abd

#5c088e

#3d055f

#1f032f

Tints

Color #ae38f4 mixed toward white.

#bc59f6

#c97af8

#d79bf9

#e4bdfb

#f2defd

Tones

Color #ae38f4 mixed toward gray.

#aa48e4

#a657d5

#a267c5

#9e77b5

#9a86a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ad9 · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#9097d2 · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#aac0ba · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 31.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae38f4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae38f4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae38f4 (#ae38f4) is rgb(174, 56, 244) in RGB.

No, #ae38f4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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