#ae8cbb

Color #ae8cbb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.49 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 13.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8cbb

RGB

rgb(174, 140, 187)

HSL

hsl(283.4, 25.7%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.4, 25.1%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 25.1%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(62.8, 21.46, -19.64)

LCH

lch(62.8, 29.09, 317.54)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0775, 316.52)

HWB

hwb(283.4, 54.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99bb8c

Analogous

#968cbb

#ae8cbb

#bb8cb0

Triadic

#ae8cbb

#bbae8c

#8cbbae

Split-complementary

#ae8cbb

#b0bb8c

#8cbb96

Tetradic

#ae8cbb

#bb8c99

#99bb8c

#8cbbae

Square

#ae8cbb

#bb968c

#99bb8c

#8cb0bb

Shades

Color #ae8cbb mixed toward black.

#966aa7

#795189

#5b3d67

#3d2844

#1e1422

Tints

Color #ae8cbb mixed toward white.

#bb9fc6

#c9b2d2

#d6c5dd

#e4d9e8

#f1ecf4

Tones

Color #ae8cbb mixed toward gray.

#ac90b7

#aa94b3

#a998af

#a79cab

#a5a0a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0b1 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#a2a5af · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#ada9a7 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8cbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8cbb]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ae8cbb (#ae8cbb) is rgb(174, 140, 187) in RGB.

No, #ae8cbb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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