#ae97c1

Color #ae97c1

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 17.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ae97c1

RGB

rgb(174, 151, 193)

HSL

hsl(272.9, 25.3%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.9, 21.8%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(65.73, 16.51, -18.54)

LCH

lch(65.73, 24.83, 311.69)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0651, 309.46)

HWB

hwb(272.9, 59.2%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aac197

Analogous

#9997c1

#ae97c1

#c197bf

Triadic

#ae97c1

#c1ae97

#97c1ae

Split-complementary

#ae97c1

#bfc197

#97c199

Tetradic

#ae97c1

#c197aa

#aac197

#97c1ae

Square

#ae97c1

#c19997

#aac197

#97bfc1

Shades

Color #ae97c1 mixed toward black.

#9273ac

#765690

#58406c

#3b2b48

#1d1524

Tints

Color #ae97c1 mixed toward white.

#bca8cb

#c9bad6

#d7cbe0

#e4dcea

#f2eef5

Tones

Color #ae97c1 mixed toward gray.

#ae9bbe

#ad9eba

#ada2b7

#ada5b3

#aca9b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4b8 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#a6a8b6 · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#adb0af · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 18

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae97c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae97c1]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#ae97c1 (#ae97c1) is rgb(174, 151, 193) in RGB.

No, #ae97c1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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