#ae97ac

Color #ae97ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ae97ac

RGB

rgb(174, 151, 172)

HSL

hsl(305.2, 12.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305.2, 13.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 1.1%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.05, 12.3, -7.8)

LCH

lch(65.05, 14.56, 327.62)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.04, 328.82)

HWB

hwb(305.2, 59.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97ae99

Analogous

#a497ae

#ae97ac

#ae97a0

Triadic

#ae97ac

#acae97

#97acae

Split-complementary

#ae97ac

#a0ae97

#97aea4

Tetradic

#ae97ac

#ae9997

#97ae99

#97acae

Square

#ae97ac

#aea497

#97ae99

#97a0ae

Shades

Color #ae97ac mixed toward black.

#967994

#7a5f77

#5b475a

#3d2f3c

#1e181e

Tints

Color #ae97ac mixed toward white.

#bba8ba

#c9bac8

#d6cbd5

#e4dce3

#f1eef1

Tones

Color #ae97ac mixed toward gray.

#ac99aa

#aa9ba9

#a89da7

#a69fa6

#a4a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4a7 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#a6a8a6 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#ada3a2 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae97ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae97ac]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ae97ac (#ae97ac) is rgb(174, 151, 172) in RGB.

No, #ae97ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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