#ac4ae5

Color #ac4ae5

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 7.91 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ac4ae5

RGB

rgb(172, 74, 229)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 74.9%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 67.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 67.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(51.07, 64.47, -61.84)

LCH

lch(51.07, 89.33, 316.19)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.2292, 310.29)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 29%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83e54a

Analogous

#5e4ae5

#ac4ae5

#e54ad1

Triadic

#ac4ae5

#e5ac4a

#4ae5ac

Split-complementary

#ac4ae5

#d1e54a

#4ae55e

Tetradic

#ac4ae5

#e54a83

#83e54a

#4ae5ac

Square

#ac4ae5

#e55e4a

#83e54a

#4ad1e5

Shades

Color #ac4ae5 mixed toward black.

#9720dd

#7919b1

#5b1384

#3c0d58

#1e062c

Tints

Color #ac4ae5 mixed toward white.

#ba68e9

#c886ee

#d5a4f2

#e3c3f6

#f1e1fb

Tones

Color #ac4ae5 mixed toward gray.

#a857d8

#a564cb

#a271be

#9e7eb1

#9b8ba4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ccd · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#9197c7 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#a9b7b2 · ΔE 35.6

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 29.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ac4ae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac4ae5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ac4ae5 (#ac4ae5) is rgb(172, 74, 229) in RGB.

No, #ac4ae5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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