#ae9fbd

Color #ae9fbd

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9fbd

RGB

rgb(174, 159, 189)

HSL

hsl(270, 18.5%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 15.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(67.63, 11.2, -13.45)

LCH

lch(67.63, 17.5, 309.78)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0459, 307.74)

HWB

hwb(270, 62.4%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aebd9f

Analogous

#9f9fbd

#ae9fbd

#bd9fbd

Triadic

#ae9fbd

#bdae9f

#9fbdae

Split-complementary

#ae9fbd

#bdbd9f

#9fbd9f

Tetradic

#ae9fbd

#bd9fae

#aebd9f

#9fbdae

Square

#ae9fbd

#bd9f9f

#aebd9f

#9fbdbd

Shades

Color #ae9fbd mixed toward black.

#917da5

#745e89

#574767

#3a2f45

#1d1822

Tints

Color #ae9fbd mixed toward white.

#bbafc8

#c9bfd3

#d6cfde

#e4dfe9

#f1eff4

Tones

Color #ae9fbd mixed toward gray.

#aea1ba

#aea4b8

#aea6b5

#aea9b3

#aeabb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b6 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#a9aab5 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#adb1b0 · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9fbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9fbd]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae9fbd (#ae9fbd) is rgb(174, 159, 189) in RGB.

No, #ae9fbd 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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