#ae84ff

Color #ae84ff

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 11.57 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ae84ff

RGB

rgb(174, 132, 255)

HSL

hsl(260.5, 100%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.5, 48.2%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 48.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(63.93, 41.52, -55.68)

LCH

lch(63.93, 69.46, 306.71)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.1768, 297.42)

HWB

hwb(260.5, 51.8%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5ff84

Analogous

#8498ff

#ae84ff

#ec84ff

Triadic

#ae84ff

#ffae84

#84ffae

Split-complementary

#ae84ff

#ffec84

#98ff84

Tetradic

#ae84ff

#ff84d5

#d5ff84

#84ffae

Square

#ae84ff

#ff8498

#d5ff84

#84ffec

Shades

Color #ae84ff mixed toward black.

#8444ff

#5903ff

#4200c2

#2c0081

#160041

Tints

Color #ae84ff mixed toward white.

#bc99ff

#c9adff

#d7c2ff

#e4d6ff

#f2ebff

Tones

Color #ae84ff mixed toward gray.

#b18ef5

#b599eb

#b8a3e0

#bbadd6

#beb7cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9de9 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#a0a3e3 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#acd5d1 · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 27.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae84ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae84ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#ae84ff (#ae84ff) is rgb(174, 132, 255) in RGB.

No, #ae84ff is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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