#ae9fa9

Color #ae9fa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.26 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9fa9

RGB

rgb(174, 159, 169)

HSL

hsl(320, 8.5%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(320, 8.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 2.9%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.02, 7.28, -3.2)

LCH

lch(67.02, 7.95, 336.27)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.0223, 337.91)

HWB

hwb(320, 62.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9faea4

Analogous

#ac9fae

#ae9fa9

#ae9fa2

Triadic

#ae9fa9

#a9ae9f

#9fa9ae

Split-complementary

#ae9fa9

#a2ae9f

#9faeac

Tetradic

#ae9fa9

#aea49f

#9faea4

#9fa9ae

Square

#ae9fa9

#aeac9f

#9faea4

#9fa2ae

Shades

Color #ae9fa9 mixed toward black.

#95818e

#786672

#5a4c56

#3c3339

#1e191d

Tints

Color #ae9fa9 mixed toward white.

#bcafb7

#c9bfc6

#d7cfd4

#e4dfe2

#f2eff1

Tones

Color #ae9fa9 mixed toward gray.

#ada0a9

#aca2a8

#aaa3a8

#a9a4a7

#a8a5a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8a7 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#a9aaa6 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#ada5a4 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9fa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9fa9]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ae9fa9 (#ae9fa9) is rgb(174, 159, 169) in RGB.

No, #ae9fa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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