#ae0074

Color #ae0074

A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Medium Violet Red #c71585 · ΔE 7.99 Nearest Tailwind class pink-800 #a3004c · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ae0074

RGB

rgb(174, 0, 116)

HSL

hsl(320, 100%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(320, 100%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 33.3%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(38.31, 66.29, -14.93)

LCH

lch(38.31, 67.95, 347.31)

OKLCH

oklch(49.6%, 0.2075, 349.11)

HWB

hwb(320, 0%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00ae3a

Analogous

#9100ae

#ae0074

#ae001d

Triadic

#ae0074

#74ae00

#0074ae

Split-complementary

#ae0074

#1dae00

#00ae91

Tetradic

#ae0074

#ae3a00

#00ae3a

#0074ae

Square

#ae0074

#ae9100

#00ae3a

#001dae

Shades

Color #ae0074 mixed toward black.

#910061

#74004d

#57003a

#3a0027

#1d0013

Tints

Color #ae0074 mixed toward white.

#e60099

#ff1fb4

#ff57c7

#ff8fda

#ffc7ec

Tones

Color #ae0074 mixed toward gray.

#9f0e6f

#911d6a

#822b65

#743a61

#65485c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.05:1

White text reads better on this background (6.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868566 · ΔE 48.1

Deuteranopia

#8d9462 · ΔE 58.4

Tritanopia

#aa5955 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 27.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae0074;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae0074]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ae0074 (#ae0074) is rgb(174, 0, 116) in RGB.

No, #ae0074 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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