#ae40de

Color #ae40de

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 6.51 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ae40de

RGB

rgb(174, 64, 222)

HSL

hsl(281.8, 70.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.8, 71.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(49.42, 67.54, -60.51)

LCH

lch(49.42, 90.68, 318.14)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.2351, 313.4)

HWB

hwb(281.8, 25.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#70de40

Analogous

#5f40de

#ae40de

#de40bf

Triadic

#ae40de

#deae40

#40deae

Split-complementary

#ae40de

#bfde40

#40de5f

Tetradic

#ae40de

#de4070

#70de40

#40deae

Square

#ae40de

#de5f40

#70de40

#40bfde

Shades

Color #ae40de mixed toward black.

#9823cb

#7a1ca3

#5b157a

#3d0e51

#1e0729

Tints

Color #ae40de mixed toward white.

#bc60e3

#c980e9

#d7a0ee

#e4bff4

#f2dff9

Tones

Color #ae40de mixed toward gray.

#a94dd1

#a45ac4

#9f68b7

#9975a9

#94829c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8bc6 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#9197c0 · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#abb0ab · ΔE 37.2

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 29.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae40de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae40de]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ae40de (#ae40de) is rgb(174, 64, 222) in RGB.

No, #ae40de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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