#ae93ed

Color #ae93ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.37 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ae93ed

RGB

rgb(174, 147, 237)

HSL

hsl(258, 71.4%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258, 38%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 38%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(66.5, 28.72, -41.74)

LCH

lch(66.5, 50.67, 304.53)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.1303, 296.82)

HWB

hwb(258, 57.6%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2ed93

Analogous

#93a5ed

#ae93ed

#db93ed

Triadic

#ae93ed

#edae93

#93edae

Split-complementary

#ae93ed

#eddb93

#a5ed93

Tetradic

#ae93ed

#ed93d2

#d2ed93

#93edae

Square

#ae93ed

#ed93a5

#d2ed93

#93eddb

Shades

Color #ae93ed mixed toward black.

#855ce4

#5c25db

#451ba5

#2e126e

#170937

Tints

Color #ae93ed mixed toward white.

#bca5f0

#c9b7f3

#d7c9f6

#e4dbf9

#f2edfc

Tones

Color #ae93ed mixed toward gray.

#b19be5

#b4a2de

#b7aad7

#bab1cf

#bdb9c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3dc · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#a5a6d7 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#adccc9 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 24.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae93ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae93ed]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#ae93ed (#ae93ed) is rgb(174, 147, 237) in RGB.

No, #ae93ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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