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#ae8bbc

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

RGB
174, 139, 188
HSL
283°, 27%, 64%
CMYK
7, 26, 0, 26
Luminance
0.3109

Every format

HEX#ae8bbc
RGBrgb(174, 139, 188)
HSLhsl(283, 27%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 26%, 0%, 26%)
LABlab(62.6 22.2 -20.5)
LCHlch(62.6 30.3 317.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.686 0.081 316.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae8bbc;
background-color: #ae8bbc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae8bbc] bg-[#ae8bbc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae8bbc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.545, blue: 0.737)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae8bbc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae8bbc on white: 2.91:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae8bbc on black: 7.22:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green54.5%
Blue73.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan7.4%
Magenta26.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Color previews

#ae8bbc text on a black background

contrast 7.22:1

Card sample

#ae8bbc text on a white background

contrast 2.91:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae8bbc;
Background color
Panel with #ae8bbc background
background-color: #ae8bbc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae8bbc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 139, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 139, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae8bbc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae8bbc, #BC8BA9);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae8bbc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae8bbc in the Color Lab