#ae6272

Color #ae6272

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 16.85 Nearest Tailwind class pink-600 #e60076 · ΔE 13.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ae6272

RGB

rgb(174, 98, 114)

HSL

hsl(347.4, 31.9%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(347.4, 43.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 34.5%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(50.63, 32.57, 4.58)

LCH

lch(50.63, 32.89, 8)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0996, 7.1)

HWB

hwb(347.4, 38.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#62ae9e

Analogous

#ae6298

#ae6272

#ae7862

Triadic

#ae6272

#72ae62

#6272ae

Split-complementary

#ae6272

#62ae78

#6298ae

Tetradic

#ae6272

#ae9e62

#62ae9e

#6272ae

Square

#ae6272

#98ae62

#62ae9e

#7862ae

Shades

Color #ae6272 mixed toward black.

#954d5c

#783e4a

#5a2e37

#3c1f25

#1e0f12

Tints

Color #ae6272 mixed toward white.

#bb7c89

#c996a1

#d6b0b8

#e4cbd0

#f1e5e7

Tones

Color #ae6272 mixed toward gray.

#a86876

#a16f79

#9b757d

#957b81

#8e8284

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#93936e · ΔE 35.7

Deuteranopia

#979c6e · ΔE 39.4

Tritanopia

#ab6b6b · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae6272;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae6272]

Related colors

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#ae6272 (#ae6272) is rgb(174, 98, 114) in RGB.

No, #ae6272 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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