#ae5cd8

Color #ae5cd8

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 6.09 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ae5cd8

RGB

rgb(174, 92, 216)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 61.4%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 57.4%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 57.4%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(53.61, 53.75, -50.39)

LCH

lch(53.61, 73.68, 316.85)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1922, 312.68)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 36.1%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86d85c

Analogous

#705cd8

#ae5cd8

#d85cc4

Triadic

#ae5cd8

#d8ae5c

#5cd8ae

Split-complementary

#ae5cd8

#c4d85c

#5cd870

Tetradic

#ae5cd8

#d85c86

#86d85c

#5cd8ae

Square

#ae5cd8

#d8705c

#86d85c

#5cc4d8

Shades

Color #ae5cd8 mixed toward black.

#9933ce

#7b28a6

#5c1e7c

#3e1453

#1f0a29

Tints

Color #ae5cd8 mixed toward white.

#bc77df

#c992e5

#d7aeec

#e4c9f2

#f2e4f9

Tones

Color #ae5cd8 mixed toward gray.

#ab66ce

#a771c3

#a47bb9

#a185af

#9d90a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9291c3 · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#969bbe · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#abb0ac · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 27.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae5cd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae5cd8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ae5cd8 (#ae5cd8) is rgb(174, 92, 216) in RGB.

No, #ae5cd8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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