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#ae5eee

a light, electric violet · warm · closest name: slateblue

RGB
174, 94, 238
HSL
273°, 81%, 65%
CMYK
27, 61, 0, 7
Luminance
0.2318

Every format

HEX#ae5eee
RGBrgb(174, 94, 238)
HSLhsl(273, 81%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 61%, 0%, 7%)
LABlab(55.3 57.6 -60.1)
LCHlch(55.3 83.3 313.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.639 0.213 307.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae5eee;
background-color: #ae5eee;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae5eee] bg-[#ae5eee]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae5eee;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.369, blue: 0.933)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae5eee")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae5eee on white: 3.73:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae5eee on black: 5.64:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green36.9%
Blue93.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan26.9%
Magenta60.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)6.7%

Color previews

#ae5eee text on a black background

contrast 5.64:1

Card sample

#ae5eee text on a white background

contrast 3.73:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae5eee;
Background color
Panel with #ae5eee background
background-color: #ae5eee;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae5eee;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 94, 238, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 94, 238, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae5eee;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae5eee, #EE5ECE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae5eee

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae5eee in the Color Lab