#ae23d3

Color #ae23d3

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.71 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ae23d3

RGB

rgb(174, 35, 211)

HSL

hsl(287.4, 71.5%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.4, 83.4%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 83.4%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(45.5, 74.62, -60.55)

LCH

lch(45.5, 96.1, 320.94)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.2527, 317.5)

HWB

hwb(287.4, 13.7%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#48d323

Analogous

#5623d3

#ae23d3

#d323a0

Triadic

#ae23d3

#d3ae23

#23d3ae

Split-complementary

#ae23d3

#a0d323

#23d356

Tetradic

#ae23d3

#d32348

#48d323

#23d3ae

Square

#ae23d3

#d35623

#48d323

#23a0d3

Shades

Color #ae23d3 mixed toward black.

#911db0

#74178d

#571269

#3a0c46

#1d0623

Tints

Color #ae23d3 mixed toward white.

#bf42e0

#cb68e6

#d88eec

#e5b3f2

#f2d9f9

Tones

Color #ae23d3 mixed toward gray.

#a532c4

#9d40b5

#944fa7

#8c5e98

#836c8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8887bb · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#8e95b5 · ΔE 28.8

Tritanopia

#aaa5a0 · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 30.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae23d3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae23d3]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#ae23d3 (#ae23d3) is rgb(174, 35, 211) in RGB.

No, #ae23d3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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