#ac94ae

Color #ac94ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ac94ae

RGB

rgb(172, 148, 174)

HSL

hsl(295.4, 13.8%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(295.4, 14.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(64.17, 13.66, -10.26)

LCH

lch(64.17, 17.08, 323.09)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0463, 323.7)

HWB

hwb(295.4, 58%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96ae94

Analogous

#9f94ae

#ac94ae

#ae94a3

Triadic

#ac94ae

#aeac94

#94aeac

Split-complementary

#ac94ae

#a3ae94

#94ae9f

Tetradic

#ac94ae

#ae9496

#96ae94

#94aeac

Square

#ac94ae

#ae9f94

#96ae94

#94a3ae

Shades

Color #ac94ae mixed toward black.

#947597

#785c7a

#5a455c

#3c2e3d

#1e171f

Tints

Color #ac94ae mixed toward white.

#baa6bb

#c8b8c9

#d5c9d6

#e3dbe4

#f1edf1

Tones

Color #ac94ae mixed toward gray.

#aa96ac

#a898aa

#a69aa7

#a59da5

#a39fa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2a8 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#a4a5a7 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#aba3a2 · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac94ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac94ae]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#ac94ae (#ac94ae) is rgb(172, 148, 174) in RGB.

No, #ac94ae 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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