#ae799e

Color #ae799e

A muted medium magenta.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 20.14 Nearest Tailwind class pink-400 #fb64b6 · ΔE 14.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ae799e

RGB

rgb(174, 121, 158)

HSL

hsl(318.1, 24.7%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(318.1, 30.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 9.2%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(57.21, 26.6, -11.54)

LCH

lch(57.21, 29, 336.55)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.0827, 338.21)

HWB

hwb(318.1, 47.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79ae89

Analogous

#a379ae

#ae799e

#ae7983

Triadic

#ae799e

#9eae79

#799eae

Split-complementary

#ae799e

#83ae79

#79aea3

Tetradic

#ae799e

#ae8979

#79ae89

#799eae

Square

#ae799e

#aea379

#79ae89

#7983ae

Shades

Color #ae799e mixed toward black.

#995c87

#7b4a6c

#5c3751

#3d2536

#1f121b

Tints

Color #ae799e mixed toward white.

#bb8fae

#c9a6be

#d6bcce

#e4d2df

#f1e9ef

Tones

Color #ae799e mixed toward gray.

#aa7d9c

#a5829a

#a18699

#9c8b97

#988f95

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

#9a9996 · ΔE 23.3

Deuteranopia

#9da094 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#ac8f8e · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae799e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae799e]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#ae799e (#ae799e) is rgb(174, 121, 158) in RGB.

No, #ae799e 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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