#ae46e6

Color #ae46e6

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.07 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ae46e6

RGB

rgb(174, 70, 230)

HSL

hsl(279, 76.2%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279, 69.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 69.6%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(50.8, 66.77, -62.82)

LCH

lch(50.8, 91.68, 316.75)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.2355, 311.06)

HWB

hwb(279, 27.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ee646

Analogous

#5e46e6

#ae46e6

#e646ce

Triadic

#ae46e6

#e6ae46

#46e6ae

Split-complementary

#ae46e6

#cee646

#46e65e

Tetradic

#ae46e6

#e6467e

#7ee646

#46e6ae

Square

#ae46e6

#e65e46

#7ee646

#46cee6

Shades

Color #ae46e6 mixed toward black.

#9a1edc

#7b18b0

#5c1284

#3d0c58

#1f062c

Tints

Color #ae46e6 mixed toward white.

#bb65ea

#c984ee

#d6a2f2

#e4c1f7

#f1e0fb

Tones

Color #ae46e6 mixed toward gray.

#aa53d9

#a661cb

#a26ebe

#9e7bb1

#9a89a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8cce · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#9298c7 · ΔE 23.6

Tritanopia

#abb7b2 · ΔE 36.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 30

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae46e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae46e6]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae46e6 (#ae46e6) is rgb(174, 70, 230) in RGB.

No, #ae46e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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