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#ae2acd

a balanced, vivid violet · warm · closest name: purple

RGB
174, 42, 205
HSL
289°, 66%, 48%
CMYK
15, 80, 0, 20
Luminance
0.1506

Every format

HEX#ae2acd
RGBrgb(174, 42, 205)
HSLhsl(289, 66%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 80%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(45.7 71.7 -56.7)
LCHlch(45.7 91.5 321.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.564 0.243 318.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae2acd;
background-color: #ae2acd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae2acd] bg-[#ae2acd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae2acd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.165, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae2acd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae2acd on white: 5.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae2acd on black: 4.01:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green16.5%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.1%
Magenta79.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#ae2acd text on a black background

contrast 4.01:1

Card sample

#ae2acd text on a white background

contrast 5.23:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae2acd;
Background color
Panel with #ae2acd background
background-color: #ae2acd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae2acd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 42, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 42, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae2acd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae2acd, #CD2A7F);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae2acd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae2acd in the Color Lab