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#ae9cd2

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

RGB
174, 156, 210
HSL
260°, 38%, 72%
CMYK
17, 26, 0, 18
Luminance
0.3743

Every format

HEX#ae9cd2
RGBrgb(174, 156, 210)
HSLhsl(260, 38%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 26%, 0%, 18%)
LABlab(67.6 17.4 -25.1)
LCHlch(67.6 30.6 304.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.727 0.079 299.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ae9cd2;
background-color: #ae9cd2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ae9cd2] bg-[#ae9cd2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ae9cd2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.682, green: 0.612, blue: 0.824)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ae9cd2")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ae9cd2 on white: 2.47:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ae9cd2 on black: 8.49:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red68.2%
Green61.2%
Blue82.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.1%
Magenta25.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)17.6%

Color previews

#ae9cd2 text on a black background

contrast 8.49:1

Card sample

#ae9cd2 text on a white background

contrast 2.47:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ae9cd2;
Background color
Panel with #ae9cd2 background
background-color: #ae9cd2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ae9cd2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(174, 156, 210, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(174, 156, 210, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ae9cd2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9cd2, #D29CD2);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ae9cd2

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ae9cd2 in the Color Lab