#ae68cd

Color #ae68cd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 12.15 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ae68cd

RGB

rgb(174, 104, 205)

HSL

hsl(281.6, 50.2%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.6, 49.3%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 49.3%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(55.39, 45.21, -41.33)

LCH

lch(55.39, 61.25, 317.57)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.1615, 314.6)

HWB

hwb(281.6, 40.8%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87cd68

Analogous

#7c68cd

#ae68cd

#cd68b9

Triadic

#ae68cd

#cdae68

#68cdae

Split-complementary

#ae68cd

#b9cd68

#68cd7c

Tetradic

#ae68cd

#cd6887

#87cd68

#68cdae

Square

#ae68cd

#cd7c68

#87cd68

#68b9cd

Shades

Color #ae68cd mixed toward black.

#9941c0

#7b339b

#5c2674

#3e1a4d

#1f0d27

Tints

Color #ae68cd mixed toward white.

#bc81d5

#c99ade

#d7b4e6

#e4cdee

#f2e6f7

Tones

Color #ae68cd mixed toward gray.

#ab71c5

#a879bc

#a481b4

#a18aab

#9e92a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594bb · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#999db6 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#ababa7 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae68cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae68cd]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ae68cd (#ae68cd) is rgb(174, 104, 205) in RGB.

No, #ae68cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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