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#AE87DB

#ae87db ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ae87db is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 52.94% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.55% cyan, 38.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 267.86°, with 53.85% saturation and 69.41% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.11.

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Relative luminance0.3144

Complementary

  1. #ae87db
  2. #b4db87

Split complementary

  1. #ae87db
  2. #dbd887
  3. #8adb87

Analogous

  1. #878adb
  2. #ae87db
  3. #d887db

Triadic

  1. #ae87db
  2. #dbae87
  3. #87dbae

Tetradic

  1. #ae87db
  2. #db87b4
  3. #b4db87
  4. #87dbae

Square

  1. #ae87db
  2. #db878a
  3. #b4db87
  4. #87dbd8

Monochromatic

  1. #612e9b
  2. #864cc9
  3. #ae87db
  4. #d6c2ed
  5. #f4effa

Shades

#ae87db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae87db
  2. #9d7ac5
  3. #8b6caf
  4. #7a5f99
  5. #685183
  6. #57446e
  7. #463658
  8. #342942
  9. #231b2c
  10. #110e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae87db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae87db
  2. #b693df
  3. #be9fe2
  4. #c6abe6
  5. #ceb7e9
  6. #d7c3ed
  7. #dfcff1
  8. #e7dbf4
  9. #efe7f8
  10. #f7f3fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae87db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae87db
  2. #a986d2
  3. #a586c9
  4. #a085c0
  5. #9c84b7
  6. #9784ae
  7. #9283a4
  8. #8e829b
  9. #898192
  10. #858189
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a192b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7497de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c98d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a794a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f91dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9392da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa8fbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae87db {
  color: #ae87db;
}
Background
.bg-ae87db {
  background-color: #ae87db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae87db {
  border: 2px solid #ae87db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae87db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 135 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 54% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae87db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae87db, #d887db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae87db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 135 219 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.11 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.78 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.51 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.90 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.01 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.32 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.62 #517824 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#ae87db  rgb(174, 135, 219)  hsl(268, 54%, 69%)  Floral Lavender
#b4db87  rgb(180, 219, 135)  hsl(88, 54%, 69%)  Granny Smith Apple
#dbae87  rgb(219, 174, 135)  hsl(28, 54%, 69%)  Tumbleweed
#87dbae  rgb(135, 219, 174)  hsl(148, 54%, 69%)  Seafoam Green