#ae75cc

Color #ae75cc

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.01 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ae75cc

RGB

rgb(174, 117, 204)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 46%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 42.6%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 42.6%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(58.11, 37.95, -36.48)

LCH

lch(58.11, 52.64, 316.13)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.1385, 313.19)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 45.9%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93cc75

Analogous

#8275cc

#ae75cc

#cc75be

Triadic

#ae75cc

#ccae75

#75ccae

Split-complementary

#ae75cc

#becc75

#75cc82

Tetradic

#ae75cc

#cc7593

#93cc75

#75ccae

Square

#ae75cc

#cc8275

#93cc75

#75becc

Shades

Color #ae75cc mixed toward black.

#974ebd

#7a3a9c

#5c2b75

#3d1d4e

#1f0e27

Tints

Color #ae75cc mixed toward white.

#bb8cd4

#c9a3dd

#d6bae5

#e4d1ee

#f1e8f6

Tones

Color #ae75cc mixed toward gray.

#ac7cc5

#a983bd

#a78bb6

#a592af

#a399a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998bc · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#9ca0b7 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#acadaa · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae75cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae75cc]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ae75cc (#ae75cc) is rgb(174, 117, 204) in RGB.

No, #ae75cc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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