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#ae48df

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

RGB
174, 72, 223
HSL
281°, 70%, 58%
CMYK
22, 68, 0, 13
Luminance
0.1896

Every format

HEX#ae48df
RGBrgb(174, 72, 223)
HSLhsl(281, 70%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 68%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(50.6 64.5 -59.1)
LCHlch(50.6 87.5 317.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.603 0.227 312.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae48df;
background-color: #ae48df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae48df] bg-[#ae48df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae48df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.282, blue: 0.875)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae48df")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae48df on white: 4.38:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae48df on black: 4.79:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green28.2%
Blue87.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.0%
Magenta67.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Color previews

#ae48df text on a black background

contrast 4.79:1

Card sample

#ae48df text on a white background

contrast 4.38:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae48df;
Background color
Panel with #ae48df background
background-color: #ae48df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae48df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 72, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 72, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae48df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae48df, #DF48AB);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae48df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae48df in the Color Lab