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#ae9bc9

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

RGB
174, 155, 201
HSL
265°, 30%, 70%
CMYK
13, 23, 0, 21
Luminance
0.3666

Every format

HEX#ae9bc9
RGBrgb(174, 155, 201)
HSLhsl(265, 30%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(13%, 23%, 0%, 21%)
LABlab(67.0 16.0 -21.0)
LCHlch(67.0 26.4 307.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.722 0.069 303.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae9bc9;
background-color: #ae9bc9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae9bc9] bg-[#ae9bc9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae9bc9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.608, blue: 0.788)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae9bc9")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae9bc9 on white: 2.52:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae9bc9 on black: 8.33:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green60.8%
Blue78.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.4%
Magenta22.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)21.2%

Color previews

#ae9bc9 text on a black background

contrast 8.33:1

Card sample

#ae9bc9 text on a white background

contrast 2.52:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae9bc9;
Background color
Panel with #ae9bc9 background
background-color: #ae9bc9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae9bc9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 155, 201, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 155, 201, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae9bc9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9bc9, #C99BC5);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae9bc9

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae9bc9 in the Color Lab