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#ae4ace

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

RGB
174, 74, 206
HSL
286°, 57%, 55%
CMYK
16, 64, 0, 19
Luminance
0.1835

Every format

HEX#ae4ace
RGBrgb(174, 74, 206)
HSLhsl(286, 57%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 64%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(49.9 60.2 -50.6)
LCHlch(49.9 78.6 320.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.594 0.208 317.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae4ace;
background-color: #ae4ace;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae4ace] bg-[#ae4ace]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae4ace;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.290, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae4ace")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae4ace on white: 4.50:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae4ace on black: 4.67:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green29.0%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.5%
Magenta64.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#ae4ace text on a black background

contrast 4.67:1

Card sample

#ae4ace text on a white background

contrast 4.50:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae4ace;
Background color
Panel with #ae4ace background
background-color: #ae4ace;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae4ace;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 74, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 74, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae4ace;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae4ace, #CE4A96);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae4ace

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae4ace in the Color Lab