#ae9fb7

Color #ae9fb7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.1 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9fb7

RGB

rgb(174, 159, 183)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 14.3%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 13.1%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(67.44, 9.99, -10.39)

LCH

lch(67.44, 14.41, 313.88)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0381, 312.87)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 62.4%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8b79f

Analogous

#a29fb7

#ae9fb7

#b79fb4

Triadic

#ae9fb7

#b7ae9f

#9fb7ae

Split-complementary

#ae9fb7

#b4b79f

#9fb7a2

Tetradic

#ae9fb7

#b79fa8

#a8b79f

#9fb7ae

Square

#ae9fb7

#b7a29f

#a8b79f

#9fb4b7

Shades

Color #ae9fb7 mixed toward black.

#937f9f

#766282

#594962

#3b3141

#1e1821

Tints

Color #ae9fb7 mixed toward white.

#bcafc3

#c9bfcf

#d7cfdb

#e4dfe7

#f2eff3

Tones

Color #ae9fb7 mixed toward gray.

#aea1b5

#ada3b3

#ada5b1

#aca7af

#aca9ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b2 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#a9aab0 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#adadac · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9fb7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9fb7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ae9fb7 (#ae9fb7) is rgb(174, 159, 183) in RGB.

No, #ae9fb7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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