#ae04ff

Color #ae04ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 17.93 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ae04ff

RGB

rgb(174, 4, 255)

HSL

hsl(280.6, 100%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.6, 98.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 98.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(47.37, 87.07, -82.42)

LCH

lch(47.37, 119.89, 316.57)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.2986, 308.14)

HWB

hwb(280.6, 1.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55ff04

Analogous

#3004ff

#ae04ff

#ff04d3

Triadic

#ae04ff

#ffae04

#04ffae

Split-complementary

#ae04ff

#d3ff04

#04ff30

Tetradic

#ae04ff

#ff0455

#55ff04

#04ffae

Square

#ae04ff

#ff3004

#55ff04

#04d3ff

Shades

Color #ae04ff mixed toward black.

#9200d8

#7500ad

#580082

#3a0056

#1d002b

Tints

Color #ae04ff mixed toward white.

#bb2eff

#c958ff

#d682ff

#e4abff

#f1d5ff

Tones

Color #ae04ff mixed toward gray.

#a619ea

#9f2ed5

#9843c0

#9058ab

#896d96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.26:1

White text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8786e2 · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#8d94da · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#aac6c0 · ΔE 41.1

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 32.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae04ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae04ff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ae04ff (#ae04ff) is rgb(174, 4, 255) in RGB.

No, #ae04ff 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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