#ae95e2

Color #ae95e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.07 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ae95e2

RGB

rgb(174, 149, 226)

HSL

hsl(259.5, 57%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.5, 34.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 34.1%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(66.51, 24.98, -35.68)

LCH

lch(66.51, 43.56, 305)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.1125, 298.46)

HWB

hwb(259.5, 58.4%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9e295

Analogous

#95a2e2

#ae95e2

#d495e2

Triadic

#ae95e2

#e2ae95

#95e2ae

Split-complementary

#ae95e2

#e2d495

#a2e295

Tetradic

#ae95e2

#e295c9

#c9e295

#95e2ae

Square

#ae95e2

#e295a2

#c9e295

#95e2d4

Shades

Color #ae95e2 mixed toward black.

#8864d5

#6436c4

#4b2893

#321b62

#190d31

Tints

Color #ae95e2 mixed toward white.

#bba7e7

#c9b8ec

#d6caf0

#e4dcf5

#f1edfa

Tones

Color #ae95e2 mixed toward gray.

#b09bdc

#b2a2d5

#b5a8cf

#b7afc8

#b9b5c2

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

#a4a4d3 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#a5a7cf · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#adc5c2 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 22.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae95e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae95e2]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#ae95e2 (#ae95e2) is rgb(174, 149, 226) in RGB.

No, #ae95e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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