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#AE87F3

#ae87f3 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ae87f3 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 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.4% cyan, 44.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 261.67°, with 81.82% saturation and 74.12% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 5.26.

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Relative luminance0.328

Complementary

  1. #ae87f3
  2. #ccf387

Split complementary

  1. #ae87f3
  2. #f3e487
  3. #96f387

Analogous

  1. #8796f3
  2. #ae87f3
  3. #e487f3

Triadic

  1. #ae87f3
  2. #f3ae87
  3. #87f3ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae87f3
  2. #f387cc
  3. #ccf387
  4. #87f3ae

Square

  1. #ae87f3
  2. #f38796
  3. #ccf387
  4. #87f3e4

Monochromatic

  1. #5714cd
  2. #7f41ec
  3. #ae87f3
  4. #ddcdfa
  5. #f2ecfd

Shades

#ae87f3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae87f3
  2. #9d7adb
  3. #8b6cc2
  4. #7a5faa
  5. #685192
  6. #57447a
  7. #463661
  8. #342949
  9. #231b31
  10. #110e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae87f3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae87f3
  2. #b693f4
  3. #be9ff5
  4. #c6abf7
  5. #ceb7f8
  6. #d7c3f9
  7. #dfcffa
  8. #e7dbfb
  9. #efe7fd
  10. #f7f3fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae87f3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae87f3
  2. #a986e8
  3. #a586dc
  4. #a085d1
  5. #9c84c5
  6. #9784ba
  7. #9283ae
  8. #8e82a3
  9. #898197
  10. #85818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a393c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #679bf7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f9af0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a09ab1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8993f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8d93f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a693cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae87f3 {
  color: #ae87f3;
}
Background
.bg-ae87f3 {
  background-color: #ae87f3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae87f3 {
  border: 2px solid #ae87f3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae87f3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 135 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 262 82% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae87f3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae87f3, #e487f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae87f3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 135 243 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.26 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.01 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.70 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.77 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.06 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.54 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 12.28 #51780c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#ae87f3  rgb(174, 135, 243)  hsl(262, 82%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#ccf387  rgb(204, 243, 135)  hsl(82, 82%, 74%)  Inchworm
#f3ae87  rgb(243, 174, 135)  hsl(22, 82%, 74%)  Tumbleweed
#87f3ae  rgb(135, 243, 174)  hsl(142, 82%, 74%)  Light Green