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#ae9cdd

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

RGB
174, 156, 221
HSL
257°, 49%, 74%
CMYK
21, 29, 0, 13
Luminance
0.3800

Every format

HEX#ae9cdd
RGBrgb(174, 156, 221)
HSLhsl(257, 49%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(21%, 29%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(68.0 19.9 -30.6)
LCHlch(68.0 36.5 303.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.732 0.094 296.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae9cdd;
background-color: #ae9cdd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae9cdd] bg-[#ae9cdd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae9cdd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.612, blue: 0.867)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae9cdd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae9cdd on white: 2.44:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae9cdd on black: 8.60:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green61.2%
Blue86.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan21.3%
Magenta29.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)13.3%

Color previews

#ae9cdd text on a black background

contrast 8.60:1

Card sample

#ae9cdd text on a white background

contrast 2.44:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae9cdd;
Background color
Panel with #ae9cdd background
background-color: #ae9cdd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae9cdd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 156, 221, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 156, 221, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae9cdd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9cdd, #D99CDD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae9cdd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae9cdd in the Color Lab