#ae9ceb

Color #ae9ceb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.64 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9ceb

RGB

rgb(174, 156, 235)

HSL

hsl(253.7, 66.4%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.7, 33.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(68.59, 23.17, -37.39)

LCH

lch(68.59, 43.99, 301.79)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.1135, 293.9)

HWB

hwb(253.7, 61.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9eb9c

Analogous

#9cb2eb

#ae9ceb

#d69ceb

Triadic

#ae9ceb

#ebae9c

#9cebae

Split-complementary

#ae9ceb

#ebd69c

#b2eb9c

Tetradic

#ae9ceb

#eb9cd9

#d9eb9c

#9cebae

Square

#ae9ceb

#eb9cb2

#d9eb9c

#9cebd6

Shades

Color #ae9ceb mixed toward black.

#8266e0

#5530d5

#3f21a3

#2a166c

#150b36

Tints

Color #ae9ceb mixed toward white.

#bcadee

#c9bdf2

#d7cef5

#e4def8

#f2effc

Tones

Color #ae9ceb mixed toward gray.

#b2a3e4

#b5a9de

#b9b0d7

#bcb6d1

#c0bdca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6db · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#a8a9d7 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#adcecb · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9ceb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9ceb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#ae9ceb (#ae9ceb) is rgb(174, 156, 235) in RGB.

No, #ae9ceb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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