#ae9cd8

Color #ae9cd8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.09 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9cd8

RGB

rgb(174, 156, 216)

HSL

hsl(258, 43.5%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258, 27.8%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(67.82, 18.73, -28.12)

LCH

lch(67.82, 33.79, 303.67)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0875, 298)

HWB

hwb(258, 61.2%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6d89c

Analogous

#9ca8d8

#ae9cd8

#cc9cd8

Triadic

#ae9cd8

#d8ae9c

#9cd8ae

Split-complementary

#ae9cd8

#d8cc9c

#a8d89c

Tetradic

#ae9cd8

#d89cc6

#c6d89c

#9cd8ae

Square

#ae9cd8

#d89ca8

#c6d89c

#9cd8cc

Shades

Color #ae9cd8 mixed toward black.

#896fc6

#6646b2

#4d3585

#332359

#1a122c

Tints

Color #ae9cd8 mixed toward white.

#bbacde

#c9bde5

#d6cdeb

#e4def2

#f1eef8

Tones

Color #ae9cd8 mixed toward gray.

#b0a1d3

#b2a6ce

#b4abc9

#b6b0c4

#b8b5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6cc · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#a8a9c8 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#adc1bf · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9cd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9cd8]

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

#ae9cd8 (#ae9cd8) is rgb(174, 156, 216) in RGB.

No, #ae9cd8 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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