#ae9cb8

Color #ae9cb8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.74 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9cb8

RGB

rgb(174, 156, 184)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 16.5%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 15.2%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(66.7, 11.86, -12.05)

LCH

lch(66.7, 16.91, 314.54)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0447, 313.55)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 61.2%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6b89c

Analogous

#a09cb8

#ae9cb8

#b89cb4

Triadic

#ae9cb8

#b8ae9c

#9cb8ae

Split-complementary

#ae9cb8

#b4b89c

#9cb8a0

Tetradic

#ae9cb8

#b89ca6

#a6b89c

#9cb8ae

Square

#ae9cb8

#b8a09c

#a6b89c

#9cb4b8

Shades

Color #ae9cb8 mixed toward black.

#937ba0

#775f84

#594763

#3b2f42

#1e1821

Tints

Color #ae9cb8 mixed toward white.

#bcadc4

#c9bdd0

#d7cedc

#e4dee7

#f2eff3

Tones

Color #ae9cb8 mixed toward gray.

#ad9eb6

#ada1b3

#aca3b1

#aba5af

#aba8ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6b2 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#a8a9b0 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#adadab · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9cb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9cb8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae9cb8 (#ae9cb8) is rgb(174, 156, 184) in RGB.

No, #ae9cb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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