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#ae8ace

a light, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
174, 138, 206
HSL
272°, 41%, 68%
CMYK
16, 33, 0, 19
Luminance
0.3163

Every format

HEX#ae8ace
RGBrgb(174, 138, 206)
HSLhsl(272, 41%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 33%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(63.0 26.6 -29.9)
LCHlch(63.0 40.1 311.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.692 0.105 308.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae8ace;
background-color: #ae8ace;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae8ace] bg-[#ae8ace]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae8ace;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.541, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae8ace")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae8ace on white: 2.87:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae8ace on black: 7.33:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green54.1%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.5%
Magenta33.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#ae8ace text on a black background

contrast 7.33:1

Card sample

#ae8ace text on a white background

contrast 2.87:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae8ace;
Background color
Panel with #ae8ace background
background-color: #ae8ace;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae8ace;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 138, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 138, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae8ace;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae8ace, #CE8AC1);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae8ace

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae8ace in the Color Lab