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#ae49eb

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

RGB
174, 73, 235
HSL
277°, 80%, 60%
CMYK
26, 69, 0, 8
Luminance
0.1976

Every format

HEX#ae49eb
RGBrgb(174, 73, 235)
HSLhsl(277, 80%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(26%, 69%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(51.6 66.6 -64.4)
LCHlch(51.6 92.6 315.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.612 0.237 309.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae49eb;
background-color: #ae49eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae49eb] bg-[#ae49eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae49eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.286, blue: 0.922)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae49eb")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae49eb on white: 4.24:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae49eb on black: 4.95:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green28.6%
Blue92.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan26.0%
Magenta68.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Color previews

#ae49eb text on a black background

contrast 4.95:1

Card sample

#ae49eb text on a white background

contrast 4.24:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae49eb;
Background color
Panel with #ae49eb background
background-color: #ae49eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae49eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 73, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 73, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae49eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae49eb, #EB49BC);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae49eb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae49eb in the Color Lab