#ae5fdc

Color #ae5fdc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.22 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ae5fdc

RGB

rgb(174, 95, 220)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 64.1%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 56.8%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 56.8%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(54.4, 53.1, -51.4)

LCH

lch(54.4, 73.9, 315.93)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.192, 311.26)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 37.3%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ddc5f

Analogous

#705fdc

#ae5fdc

#dc5fcc

Triadic

#ae5fdc

#dcae5f

#5fdcae

Split-complementary

#ae5fdc

#ccdc5f

#5fdc70

Tetradic

#ae5fdc

#dc5f8d

#8ddc5f

#5fdcae

Square

#ae5fdc

#dc705f

#8ddc5f

#5fccdc

Shades

Color #ae5fdc mixed toward black.

#9834d3

#7b26ac

#5c1c81

#3d1356

#1f092b

Tints

Color #ae5fdc mixed toward white.

#bc7ae2

#c994e8

#d7afee

#e4caf3

#f2e4f9

Tones

Color #ae5fdc mixed toward gray.

#ab6ad2

#a974c7

#a67ebd

#a389b2

#a093a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292c7 · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#979cc1 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#abb4af · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae5fdc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae5fdc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae5fdc (#ae5fdc) is rgb(174, 95, 220) in RGB.

No, #ae5fdc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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