#ae4bed

Color #ae4bed

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ae4bed

RGB

rgb(174, 75, 237)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 81.8%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 68.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 68.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(52, 66.14, -64.82)

LCH

lch(52, 92.61, 315.58)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.2363, 309.06)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 29.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aed4b

Analogous

#5d4bed

#ae4bed

#ed4bdb

Triadic

#ae4bed

#edae4b

#4bedae

Split-complementary

#ae4bed

#dbed4b

#4bed5d

Tetradic

#ae4bed

#ed4b8a

#8aed4b

#4bedae

Square

#ae4bed

#ed5d4b

#8aed4b

#4bdbed

Shades

Color #ae4bed mixed toward black.

#991ce8

#7b13bd

#5c0e8e

#3e095f

#1f052f

Tints

Color #ae4bed mixed toward white.

#bc69f0

#c987f3

#d7a5f6

#e4c3f9

#f2e1fc

Tones

Color #ae4bed mixed toward gray.

#ab59e0

#a866d2

#a574c5

#a281b7

#9f8faa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8dd4 · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#9399ce · ΔE 22.5

Tritanopia

#abbdb8 · ΔE 35.7

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 30

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae4bed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae4bed]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae4bed (#ae4bed) is rgb(174, 75, 237) in RGB.

No, #ae4bed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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