#ae97eb

Color #ae97eb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.43 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ae97eb

RGB

rgb(174, 151, 235)

HSL

hsl(256.4, 67.7%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.4, 35.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(67.37, 25.99, -39.28)

LCH

lch(67.37, 47.1, 303.49)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1214, 295.83)

HWB

hwb(256.4, 59.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4eb97

Analogous

#97aaeb

#ae97eb

#d897eb

Triadic

#ae97eb

#ebae97

#97ebae

Split-complementary

#ae97eb

#ebd897

#aaeb97

Tetradic

#ae97eb

#eb97d4

#d4eb97

#97ebae

Square

#ae97eb

#eb97aa

#d4eb97

#97ebd8

Shades

Color #ae97eb mixed toward black.

#8461e1

#5a2bd6

#431fa2

#2d156c

#160a36

Tints

Color #ae97eb mixed toward white.

#bca8ee

#c9baf2

#d7cbf5

#e4dcf8

#f2eefc

Tones

Color #ae97eb mixed toward gray.

#b19ee4

#b4a5dd

#b8acd6

#bbb3cf

#bebac8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4da · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#a6a8d6 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#adccc9 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae97eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae97eb]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#ae97eb (#ae97eb) is rgb(174, 151, 235) in RGB.

No, #ae97eb 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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