#ae97d5

Color #ae97d5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.06 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ae97d5

RGB

rgb(174, 151, 213)

HSL

hsl(262.3, 42.5%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.3, 29.1%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(66.47, 20.86, -28.54)

LCH

lch(66.47, 35.35, 306.16)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.0917, 301.12)

HWB

hwb(262.3, 59.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bed597

Analogous

#979fd5

#ae97d5

#cd97d5

Triadic

#ae97d5

#d5ae97

#97d5ae

Split-complementary

#ae97d5

#d5cd97

#9fd597

Tetradic

#ae97d5

#d597be

#bed597

#97d5ae

Square

#ae97d5

#d5979f

#bed597

#97d5cd

Shades

Color #ae97d5 mixed toward black.

#8c6cc4

#6c46ad

#513482

#362356

#1b112b

Tints

Color #ae97d5 mixed toward white.

#bca8dc

#c9bae3

#d7cbea

#e4dcf1

#f2eef8

Tones

Color #ae97d5 mixed toward gray.

#af9cd0

#b1a1cb

#b2a7c6

#b3acc0

#b5b1bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4c8 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#a6a8c5 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#adbdbb · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae97d5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae97d5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#ae97d5 (#ae97d5) is rgb(174, 151, 213) in RGB.

No, #ae97d5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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