#ae6ce0

Color #ae6ce0

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.71 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ae6ce0

RGB

rgb(174, 108, 224)

HSL

hsl(274.1, 65.2%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.1, 51.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(57.18, 47.24, -49.23)

LCH

lch(57.18, 68.23, 313.82)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.1764, 308.53)

HWB

hwb(274.1, 42.4%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ee06c

Analogous

#746ce0

#ae6ce0

#e06cd8

Triadic

#ae6ce0

#e0ae6c

#6ce0ae

Split-complementary

#ae6ce0

#d8e06c

#6ce074

Tetradic

#ae6ce0

#e06c9e

#9ee06c

#6ce0ae

Square

#ae6ce0

#e0746c

#9ee06c

#6cd8e0

Shades

Color #ae6ce0 mixed toward black.

#953ed6

#7927b7

#5a1d89

#3c135b

#1e0a2e

Tints

Color #ae6ce0 mixed toward white.

#bb84e5

#c99dea

#d6b5f0

#e4cef5

#f1e6fa

Tones

Color #ae6ce0 mixed toward gray.

#ad76d6

#ab7fcd

#aa89c3

#a993b9

#a79cb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9695cc · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#999ec6 · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#abb9b5 · ΔE 30.3

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 27

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae6ce0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae6ce0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae6ce0 (#ae6ce0) is rgb(174, 108, 224) in RGB.

No, #ae6ce0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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