#ae66e1

Color #ae66e1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.73 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#ae66e1

RGB

rgb(174, 102, 225)

HSL

hsl(275.1, 67.2%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.1, 54.7%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 54.7%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(56.03, 50.62, -51.62)

LCH

lch(56.03, 72.3, 314.44)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.1868, 309.13)

HWB

hwb(275.1, 40%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99e166

Analogous

#7066e1

#ae66e1

#e166d7

Triadic

#ae66e1

#e1ae66

#66e1ae

Split-complementary

#ae66e1

#d7e166

#66e170

Tetradic

#ae66e1

#e16699

#99e166

#66e1ae

Square

#ae66e1

#e17066

#99e166

#66d7e1

Shades

Color #ae66e1 mixed toward black.

#9638d8

#7924b6

#5b1b89

#3d125b

#1e092e

Tints

Color #ae66e1 mixed toward white.

#bb7fe6

#c999eb

#d6b2f0

#e4ccf5

#f1e5fa

Tones

Color #ae66e1 mixed toward gray.

#ac70d7

#aa7acc

#a985c2

#a78fb8

#a599ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494cc · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#989dc6 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#abb9b4 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae66e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae66e1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae66e1 (#ae66e1) is rgb(174, 102, 225) in RGB.

No, #ae66e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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