#ae70dd

Color #ae70dd

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.91 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#ae70dd

RGB

rgb(174, 112, 221)

HSL

hsl(274.1, 61.6%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.1, 49.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 49.3%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(57.85, 44.42, -46.47)

LCH

lch(57.85, 64.29, 313.71)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.1667, 308.74)

HWB

hwb(274.1, 43.9%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fdd70

Analogous

#7770dd

#ae70dd

#dd70d6

Triadic

#ae70dd

#ddae70

#70ddae

Split-complementary

#ae70dd

#d6dd70

#70dd77

Tetradic

#ae70dd

#dd709f

#9fdd70

#70ddae

Square

#ae70dd

#dd7770

#9fdd70

#70d6dd

Shades

Color #ae70dd mixed toward black.

#9543d2

#782bb3

#5a2087

#3c155a

#1e0b2d

Tints

Color #ae70dd mixed toward white.

#bb88e3

#c9a0e8

#d6b8ee

#e4cff4

#f1e7f9

Tones

Color #ae70dd mixed toward gray.

#ad79d4

#ab82cb

#aa8bc2

#a994b9

#a89db0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797c9 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#9a9fc4 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#acb8b4 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae70dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae70dd]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae70dd (#ae70dd) is rgb(174, 112, 221) in RGB.

No, #ae70dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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