#ae8bcf

Color #ae8bcf

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.33 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8bcf

RGB

rgb(174, 139, 207)

HSL

hsl(270.9, 41.5%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.9, 32.9%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(63.32, 26.29, -30.07)

LCH

lch(63.32, 39.94, 311.16)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1043, 307.44)

HWB

hwb(270.9, 54.5%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#accf8b

Analogous

#8c8bcf

#ae8bcf

#cf8bce

Triadic

#ae8bcf

#cfae8b

#8bcfae

Split-complementary

#ae8bcf

#cecf8b

#8bcf8c

Tetradic

#ae8bcf

#cf8bac

#accf8b

#8bcfae

Square

#ae8bcf

#cf8c8b

#accf8b

#8bcecf

Shades

Color #ae8bcf mixed toward black.

#9162be

#7543a3

#58337a

#3a2252

#1d1129

Tints

Color #ae8bcf mixed toward white.

#bb9ed7

#c9b2df

#d6c5e7

#e4d8ef

#f1ecf7

Tones

Color #ae8bcf mixed toward gray.

#ae90c9

#ae96c4

#ad9cbe

#ada2b8

#ada7b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0c1 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#a2a4be · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#acb6b3 · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 22.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8bcf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8bcf]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#ae8bcf (#ae8bcf) is rgb(174, 139, 207) in RGB.

No, #ae8bcf is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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