#ae90bd

Color #ae90bd

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ae90bd

RGB

rgb(174, 144, 189)

HSL

hsl(280, 25.4%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 23.8%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(63.85, 19.62, -19.16)

LCH

lch(63.85, 27.42, 315.68)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0727, 314.33)

HWB

hwb(280, 56.5%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fbd90

Analogous

#9890bd

#ae90bd

#bd90b5

Triadic

#ae90bd

#bdae90

#90bdae

Split-complementary

#ae90bd

#b5bd90

#90bd98

Tetradic

#ae90bd

#bd909f

#9fbd90

#90bdae

Square

#ae90bd

#bd9890

#9fbd90

#90b5bd

Shades

Color #ae90bd mixed toward black.

#956da8

#78538b

#5a3e68

#3c2946

#1e1523

Tints

Color #ae90bd mixed toward white.

#bca3c8

#c9b5d3

#d7c8de

#e4dae9

#f2edf4

Tones

Color #ae90bd mixed toward gray.

#ad94b9

#ac98b5

#aa9bb2

#a99fae

#a8a3aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2b3 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#a4a6b1 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#adabaa · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae90bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae90bd]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ae90bd (#ae90bd) is rgb(174, 144, 189) in RGB.

No, #ae90bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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