#ac799d

Color #ac799d

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 14.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ac799d

RGB

rgb(172, 121, 157)

HSL

hsl(317.6, 23.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(317.6, 29.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 8.7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(56.96, 25.71, -11.36)

LCH

lch(56.96, 28.11, 336.16)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.08, 337.83)

HWB

hwb(317.6, 47.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79ac88

Analogous

#a279ac

#ac799d

#ac7984

Triadic

#ac799d

#9dac79

#799dac

Split-complementary

#ac799d

#84ac79

#79aca2

Tetradic

#ac799d

#ac8879

#79ac88

#799dac

Square

#ac799d

#aca279

#79ac88

#7984ac

Shades

Color #ac799d mixed toward black.

#975d86

#794b6b

#5b3850

#3c2536

#1e131b

Tints

Color #ac799d mixed toward white.

#ba8fad

#c8a6be

#d6bcce

#e3d2de

#f1e9ef

Tones

Color #ac799d mixed toward gray.

#a87d9b

#a4829a

#9f8698

#9b8a96

#978e94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999895 · ΔE 23

Deuteranopia

#9b9f93 · ΔE 31.2

Tritanopia

#aa8f8d · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac799d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac799d]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ac799d (#ac799d) is rgb(172, 121, 157) in RGB.

No, #ac799d 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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