#ae55eb

Color #ae55eb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 10.91 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ae55eb

RGB

rgb(174, 85, 235)

HSL

hsl(275.6, 78.9%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.6, 63.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 63.8%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(53.49, 61.23, -61.3)

LCH

lch(53.49, 86.64, 314.97)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.2216, 308.61)

HWB

hwb(275.6, 33.3%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92eb55

Analogous

#6355eb

#ae55eb

#eb55dd

Triadic

#ae55eb

#ebae55

#55ebae

Split-complementary

#ae55eb

#ddeb55

#55eb63

Tetradic

#ae55eb

#eb5592

#92eb55

#55ebae

Square

#ae55eb

#eb6355

#92eb55

#55ddeb

Shades

Color #ae55eb mixed toward black.

#9725e5

#7a16bf

#5c118f

#3d0b5f

#1f0630

Tints

Color #ae55eb mixed toward white.

#bb71ee

#c98ef2

#d6aaf5

#e4c6f8

#f1e3fc

Tones

Color #ae55eb mixed toward gray.

#ac61de

#a96ed2

#a77ac5

#a587b9

#a293ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#908fd3 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#959acd · ΔE 21

Tritanopia

#abbdb8 · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 29.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae55eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae55eb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae55eb (#ae55eb) is rgb(174, 85, 235) in RGB.

No, #ae55eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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