#ae7ec8

Color #ae7ec8

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.33 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ae7ec8

RGB

rgb(174, 126, 200)

HSL

hsl(278.9, 40.2%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.9, 37%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 37%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(59.97, 32.08, -31.32)

LCH

lch(59.97, 44.83, 315.69)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1182, 313.11)

HWB

hwb(278.9, 49.4%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98c87e

Analogous

#897ec8

#ae7ec8

#c87ebd

Triadic

#ae7ec8

#c8ae7e

#7ec8ae

Split-complementary

#ae7ec8

#bdc87e

#7ec889

Tetradic

#ae7ec8

#c87e98

#98c87e

#7ec8ae

Square

#ae7ec8

#c8897e

#98c87e

#7ebdc8

Shades

Color #ae7ec8 mixed toward black.

#9658b8

#7a4198

#5b3172

#3d204c

#1e1026

Tints

Color #ae7ec8 mixed toward white.

#bb93d1

#c9a9da

#d6bee3

#e4d4ed

#f1e9f6

Tones

Color #ae7ec8 mixed toward gray.

#ac84c2

#aa8abc

#a890b5

#a797af

#a59da9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9bba · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#9ea2b6 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#acadaa · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae7ec8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae7ec8]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae7ec8 (#ae7ec8) is rgb(174, 126, 200) in RGB.

No, #ae7ec8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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