#ae72bc

Color #ae72bc

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ae72bc

RGB

rgb(174, 114, 188)

HSL

hsl(288.6, 35.6%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.6, 39.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(56.75, 36.25, -29.5)

LCH

lch(56.75, 46.74, 320.86)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.1257, 319.87)

HWB

hwb(288.6, 44.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80bc72

Analogous

#8972bc

#ae72bc

#bc72a5

Triadic

#ae72bc

#bcae72

#72bcae

Split-complementary

#ae72bc

#a5bc72

#72bc89

Tetradic

#ae72bc

#bc7280

#80bc72

#72bcae

Square

#ae72bc

#bc8972

#80bc72

#72a5bc

Shades

Color #ae72bc mixed toward black.

#9a51ab

#7b4188

#5c3166

#3d2044

#1f1022

Tints

Color #ae72bc mixed toward white.

#bb89c7

#c9a1d2

#d6b8dd

#e4d0e9

#f1e7f4

Tones

Color #ae72bc mixed toward gray.

#aa78b6

#a67eb0

#a284a9

#9f8ba3

#9b919d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9897ae · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#9b9faa · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#aca19e · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae72bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae72bc]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#ae72bc (#ae72bc) is rgb(174, 114, 188) in RGB.

No, #ae72bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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