Close to Medium Slate Blue

#AE73FF

#AE73FF is a light, vivid purple, close to the color Medium Slate Blue. In RGB it’s made of 68.2% red, 45.1% green, and 100% blue. Its hue is 265°, with 100% saturation and 73% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #AE73FF as they’d see it.

Typical vision#AE73FF
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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What color is #AE73FF?

#AE73FF is a light, vivid purple, close to the color Medium Slate Blue. In RGB it’s made of 68.2% red, 45.1% green, and 100% blue. Its hue is 265°, with 100% saturation and 73% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #AE73FF in RGB?

#AE73FF is rgb(174, 115, 255): 174 red, 115 green, and 255 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #AE73FF in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(32, 55, 0, 0). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #AE73FF?

PANTONE 2592 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #AE73FF?

Its complement #65A208 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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