#ae77ab

Color #ae77ab

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 16.6 Nearest Tailwind class pink-400 #fb64b6 · ΔE 14

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Conversions

HEX

#ae77ab

RGB

rgb(174, 119, 171)

HSL

hsl(303.3, 25.3%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(303.3, 31.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 1.7%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(57.21, 30.12, -19.04)

LCH

lch(57.21, 35.63, 327.7)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.0985, 328.49)

HWB

hwb(303.3, 46.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77ae7a

Analogous

#9677ae

#ae77ab

#ae7790

Triadic

#ae77ab

#abae77

#77abae

Split-complementary

#ae77ab

#90ae77

#77ae96

Tetradic

#ae77ab

#ae7a77

#77ae7a

#77abae

Square

#ae77ab

#ae9677

#77ae7a

#7790ae

Shades

Color #ae77ab mixed toward black.

#995b96

#7a4978

#5c375a

#3d253c

#1f121e

Tints

Color #ae77ab mixed toward white.

#bc8eb9

#c9a4c7

#d7bbd5

#e4d2e3

#f2e8f1

Tones

Color #ae77ab mixed toward gray.

#a97ca7

#a580a3

#a0859f

#9c899b

#978e97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a0 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#9ca09e · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#ac9795 · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 22.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae77ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae77ab]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ae77ab (#ae77ab) is rgb(174, 119, 171) in RGB.

No, #ae77ab 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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