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#ae97df

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

RGB
174, 151, 223
HSL
259°, 53%, 73%
CMYK
22, 32, 0, 13
Luminance
0.3646

Every format

HEX#ae97df
RGBrgb(174, 151, 223)
HSLhsl(259, 53%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 32%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(66.9 23.1 -33.5)
LCHlch(66.9 40.7 304.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.723 0.105 298.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae97df;
background-color: #ae97df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae97df] bg-[#ae97df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae97df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.592, blue: 0.875)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae97df")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae97df on white: 2.53:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae97df on black: 8.29:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green59.2%
Blue87.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.0%
Magenta32.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Color previews

#ae97df text on a black background

contrast 8.29:1

Card sample

#ae97df text on a white background

contrast 2.53:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae97df;
Background color
Panel with #ae97df background
background-color: #ae97df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae97df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 151, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 151, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae97df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae97df, #DE97DF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae97df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae97df in the Color Lab