#ae65db

Color #ae65db

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.58 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ae65db

RGB

rgb(174, 101, 219)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 62.1%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 53.9%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 53.9%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(55.5, 49.81, -49.07)

LCH

lch(55.5, 69.92, 315.43)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.1817, 310.83)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 39.6%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92db65

Analogous

#7365db

#ae65db

#db65cd

Triadic

#ae65db

#dbae65

#65dbae

Split-complementary

#ae65db

#cddb65

#65db73

Tetradic

#ae65db

#db6592

#92db65

#65dbae

Square

#ae65db

#db7365

#92db65

#65cddb

Shades

Color #ae65db mixed toward black.

#973ad1

#7a28ad

#5c1e82

#3d1456

#1f0a2b

Tints

Color #ae65db mixed toward white.

#bb7fe1

#c998e7

#d6b2ed

#e4ccf3

#f1e5f9

Tones

Color #ae65db mixed toward gray.

#ac6fd1

#a979c7

#a782bd

#a58cb4

#a296aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9493c7 · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#989dc1 · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#abb4b0 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae65db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae65db]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae65db (#ae65db) is rgb(174, 101, 219) in RGB.

No, #ae65db is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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