#ae87b3

Color #ae87b3

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.25 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ae87b3

RGB

rgb(174, 135, 179)

HSL

hsl(293.2, 22.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(293.2, 24.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 24.6%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(61.29, 22.67, -17.4)

LCH

lch(61.29, 28.58, 322.49)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0774, 322.61)

HWB

hwb(293.2, 52.9%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cb387

Analogous

#9887b3

#ae87b3

#b387a2

Triadic

#ae87b3

#b3ae87

#87b3ae

Split-complementary

#ae87b3

#a2b387

#87b398

Tetradic

#ae87b3

#b3878c

#8cb387

#87b3ae

Square

#ae87b3

#b39887

#8cb387

#87a2b3

Shades

Color #ae87b3 mixed toward black.

#98679f

#7b5180

#5c3d60

#3d2940

#1f1420

Tints

Color #ae87b3 mixed toward white.

#bc9bc0

#c9afcc

#d7c3d9

#e4d7e6

#f2ebf2

Tones

Color #ae87b3 mixed toward gray.

#ab8baf

#a88eac

#a692a8

#a396a4

#a099a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9eaa · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#a1a4a7 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#aca2a0 · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae87b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae87b3]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ae87b3 (#ae87b3) is rgb(174, 135, 179) in RGB.

No, #ae87b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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