#ae00df

Color #ae00df

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 7.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#ae00df

RGB

rgb(174, 0, 223)

HSL

hsl(286.8, 100%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.8, 100%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 100%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(44.7, 81.7, -68.73)

LCH

lch(44.7, 106.76, 319.93)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.2761, 315.19)

HWB

hwb(286.8, 0%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#31df00

Analogous

#3e00df

#ae00df

#df00a0

Triadic

#ae00df

#dfae00

#00dfae

Split-complementary

#ae00df

#a0df00

#00df3e

Tetradic

#ae00df

#df0031

#31df00

#00dfae

Square

#ae00df

#df3e00

#31df00

#00a0df

Shades

Color #ae00df mixed toward black.

#9100ba

#740095

#57006f

#3a004a

#1d0025

Tints

Color #ae00df mixed toward white.

#ca10ff

#d540ff

#df6fff

#ea9fff

#f4cfff

Tones

Color #ae00df mixed toward gray.

#a313cc

#9925ba

#8f38a7

#844a95

#7a5d82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685c5 · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#8d94be · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#aaada7 · ΔE 45.1

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 31.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae00df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae00df]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ae00df (#ae00df) is rgb(174, 0, 223) in RGB.

No, #ae00df 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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