#ae95ff

Color #ae95ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.71 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ae95ff

RGB

rgb(174, 149, 255)

HSL

hsl(254.2, 100%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.2, 41.6%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 41.6%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(67.81, 32.03, -49.54)

LCH

lch(67.81, 58.99, 302.88)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.1512, 293.17)

HWB

hwb(254.2, 58.4%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6ff95

Analogous

#95b1ff

#ae95ff

#e395ff

Triadic

#ae95ff

#ffae95

#95ffae

Split-complementary

#ae95ff

#ffe395

#b1ff95

Tetradic

#ae95ff

#ff95e6

#e6ff95

#95ffae

Square

#ae95ff

#ff95b1

#e6ff95

#95ffe3

Shades

Color #ae95ff mixed toward black.

#7b52ff

#470eff

#3000ca

#200087

#100043

Tints

Color #ae95ff mixed toward white.

#bca7ff

#c9b8ff

#d7caff

#e4dcff

#f2edff

Tones

Color #ae95ff mixed toward gray.

#b39ef6

#b7a7ed

#bcafe4

#c1b8dc

#c5c1d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4eb · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#a5a7e6 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#add9d5 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 25.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae95ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae95ff]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#ae95ff (#ae95ff) is rgb(174, 149, 255) in RGB.

No, #ae95ff 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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