#ae18ff

Color #ae18ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 16.26 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ae18ff

RGB

rgb(174, 24, 255)

HSL

hsl(279, 100%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279, 90.6%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 90.6%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(48.1, 84.9, -81.24)

LCH

lch(48.1, 117.51, 316.26)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.2929, 307.82)

HWB

hwb(279, 9.4%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69ff18

Analogous

#3b18ff

#ae18ff

#ff18dc

Triadic

#ae18ff

#ffae18

#18ffae

Split-complementary

#ae18ff

#dcff18

#18ff3b

Tetradic

#ae18ff

#ff1869

#69ff18

#18ffae

Square

#ae18ff

#ff3b18

#69ff18

#18dcff

Shades

Color #ae18ff mixed toward black.

#9700e8

#7900ba

#5b008b

#3c005d

#1e002e

Tints

Color #ae18ff mixed toward white.

#bc3eff

#c965ff

#d78bff

#e4b2ff

#f2d8ff

Tones

Color #ae18ff mixed toward gray.

#a82bec

#a33ed8

#9d52c5

#9765b2

#91789f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.37:1

White text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8786e2 · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#8d95da · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#aac7c0 · ΔE 41.4

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 32.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae18ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae18ff]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae18ff (#ae18ff) is rgb(174, 24, 255) in RGB.

No, #ae18ff 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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