#ae9dba

Color #ae9dba

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9dba

RGB

rgb(174, 157, 186)

HSL

hsl(275.2, 17.4%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.2, 15.6%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(67.02, 11.7, -12.69)

LCH

lch(67.02, 17.26, 312.68)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0455, 311.26)

HWB

hwb(275.2, 61.6%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9ba9d

Analogous

#a09dba

#ae9dba

#ba9db8

Triadic

#ae9dba

#baae9d

#9dbaae

Split-complementary

#ae9dba

#b8ba9d

#9dbaa0

Tetradic

#ae9dba

#ba9da9

#a9ba9d

#9dbaae

Square

#ae9dba

#baa09d

#a9ba9d

#9db8ba

Shades

Color #ae9dba mixed toward black.

#927ca2

#765f86

#584765

#3b2f43

#1d1822

Tints

Color #ae9dba mixed toward white.

#bcadc6

#c9bed1

#d7cedd

#e4dee8

#f2eff4

Tones

Color #ae9dba mixed toward gray.

#aea0b8

#ada2b5

#ada4b3

#aca7b0

#aca9ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7b4 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#a8a9b2 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#adaead · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9dba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9dba]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae9dba (#ae9dba) is rgb(174, 157, 186) in RGB.

No, #ae9dba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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