#ae98ca

Color #ae98ca

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.29 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ae98ca

RGB

rgb(174, 152, 202)

HSL

hsl(266.4, 32.1%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.4, 24.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(66.31, 17.87, -22.69)

LCH

lch(66.31, 28.88, 308.22)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.0753, 304.66)

HWB

hwb(266.4, 59.6%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4ca98

Analogous

#989bca

#ae98ca

#c798ca

Triadic

#ae98ca

#caae98

#98caae

Split-complementary

#ae98ca

#cac798

#9bca98

Tetradic

#ae98ca

#ca98b4

#b4ca98

#98caae

Square

#ae98ca

#ca989b

#b4ca98

#98cac7

Shades

Color #ae98ca mixed toward black.

#8f71b6

#71509c

#553c75

#39284e

#1c1427

Tints

Color #ae98ca mixed toward white.

#bba9d3

#c9badc

#d6cbe5

#e4dded

#f1eef6

Tones

Color #ae98ca mixed toward gray.

#ae9cc6

#afa0c2

#afa4bd

#b0a9b9

#b0adb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5bf · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#a6a8bd · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#adb7b4 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae98ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae98ca]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae98ca (#ae98ca) is rgb(174, 152, 202) in RGB.

No, #ae98ca 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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