#ae62dc

Color #ae62dc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ae62dc

RGB

rgb(174, 98, 220)

HSL

hsl(277.4, 63.5%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.4, 55.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 55.5%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(54.97, 51.58, -50.49)

LCH

lch(54.97, 72.18, 315.61)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.1874, 310.93)

HWB

hwb(277.4, 38.4%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90dc62

Analogous

#7162dc

#ae62dc

#dc62cd

Triadic

#ae62dc

#dcae62

#62dcae

Split-complementary

#ae62dc

#cddc62

#62dc71

Tetradic

#ae62dc

#dc6290

#90dc62

#62dcae

Square

#ae62dc

#dc7162

#90dc62

#62cddc

Shades

Color #ae62dc mixed toward black.

#9837d2

#7b27ad

#5c1d82

#3d1357

#1f0a2b

Tints

Color #ae62dc mixed toward white.

#bc7ce2

#c996e8

#d7b1ee

#e4cbf3

#f2e5f9

Tones

Color #ae62dc mixed toward gray.

#ac6cd2

#a977c8

#a781be

#a48bb3

#a295a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393c7 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#979cc2 · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#abb4b0 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae62dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae62dc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae62dc (#ae62dc) is rgb(174, 98, 220) in RGB.

No, #ae62dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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