#ae8bab

Color #ae8bab

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 18.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8bab

RGB

rgb(174, 139, 171)

HSL

hsl(305.1, 17.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305.1, 20.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 1.7%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(62, 18.85, -11.79)

LCH

lch(62, 22.23, 327.98)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.0613, 329.08)

HWB

hwb(305.1, 54.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8bae8e

Analogous

#a08bae

#ae8bab

#ae8b9a

Triadic

#ae8bab

#abae8b

#8babae

Split-complementary

#ae8bab

#9aae8b

#8baea0

Tetradic

#ae8bab

#ae8e8b

#8bae8e

#8babae

Square

#ae8bab

#aea08b

#8bae8e

#8b9aae

Shades

Color #ae8bab mixed toward black.

#996c95

#7b5678

#5c405a

#3d2b3c

#1f151e

Tints

Color #ae8bab mixed toward white.

#bc9eb9

#c9b2c7

#d7c5d5

#e4d8e3

#f2ecf1

Tones

Color #ae8bab mixed toward gray.

#ab8ea9

#a891a6

#a594a4

#a297a1

#9f9a9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a4 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#a2a4a2 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#ac9e9d · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8bab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8bab]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ae8bab (#ae8bab) is rgb(174, 139, 171) in RGB.

No, #ae8bab 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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