#ab97ae

Color #ab97ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ab97ae

RGB

rgb(171, 151, 174)

HSL

hsl(292.2, 12.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(292.2, 13.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(64.84, 11.63, -9.26)

LCH

lch(64.84, 14.87, 321.47)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.04, 321.9)

HWB

hwb(292.2, 59.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aae97

Analogous

#9f97ae

#ab97ae

#ae97a5

Triadic

#ab97ae

#aeab97

#97aeab

Split-complementary

#ab97ae

#a5ae97

#97ae9f

Tetradic

#ab97ae

#ae979a

#9aae97

#97aeab

Square

#ab97ae

#ae9f97

#9aae97

#97a5ae

Shades

Color #ab97ae mixed toward black.

#927996

#765f7a

#59475b

#3b2f3d

#1e181e

Tints

Color #ab97ae mixed toward white.

#b9a8bb

#c7bac9

#d5cbd6

#e3dce4

#f1eef1

Tones

Color #ab97ae mixed toward gray.

#aa99ac

#a89baa

#a79da8

#a59fa6

#a4a1a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3a9 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#a4a5a8 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#aaa5a4 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab97ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab97ae]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ab97ae (#ab97ae) is rgb(171, 151, 174) in RGB.

No, #ab97ae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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