#ac96a9

Color #ac96a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 14.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ac96a9

RGB

rgb(172, 150, 169)

HSL

hsl(308.2, 11.7%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(308.2, 12.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 1.7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(64.52, 11.58, -6.91)

LCH

lch(64.52, 13.48, 329.17)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0373, 330.41)

HWB

hwb(308.2, 58.8%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96ac99

Analogous

#a496ac

#ac96a9

#ac969e

Triadic

#ac96a9

#a9ac96

#96a9ac

Split-complementary

#ac96a9

#9eac96

#96aca4

Tetradic

#ac96a9

#ac9996

#96ac99

#96a9ac

Square

#ac96a9

#aca496

#96ac99

#969eac

Shades

Color #ac96a9 mixed toward black.

#947890

#785f74

#5a4757

#3c2f3a

#1e181d

Tints

Color #ac96a9 mixed toward white.

#baa7b7

#c8b9c6

#d5cad4

#e3dce2

#f1edf1

Tones

Color #ac96a9 mixed toward gray.

#aa98a8

#a89aa6

#a69ba5

#a59da4

#a39fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3a5 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#a4a6a4 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#aba1a0 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac96a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac96a9]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ac96a9 (#ac96a9) is rgb(172, 150, 169) in RGB.

No, #ac96a9 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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