#ae8cac

Color #ae8cac

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 18.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8cac

RGB

rgb(174, 140, 172)

HSL

hsl(303.5, 17.3%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(303.5, 19.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 1.1%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(62.28, 18.48, -11.93)

LCH

lch(62.28, 22, 327.16)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0604, 328.13)

HWB

hwb(303.5, 54.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8cae8e

Analogous

#9f8cae

#ae8cac

#ae8c9b

Triadic

#ae8cac

#acae8c

#8cacae

Split-complementary

#ae8cac

#9bae8c

#8cae9f

Tetradic

#ae8cac

#ae8e8c

#8cae8e

#8cacae

Square

#ae8cac

#ae9f8c

#8cae8e

#8c9bae

Shades

Color #ae8cac mixed toward black.

#986d96

#7b5779

#5c415b

#3d2b3c

#1f161e

Tints

Color #ae8cac mixed toward white.

#bc9fba

#c9b2c8

#d7c6d6

#e4d9e3

#f2ecf1

Tones

Color #ae8cac mixed toward gray.

#ab8faa

#a892a7

#a695a5

#a397a2

#a09aa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0a5 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#a2a5a3 · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#ad9f9e · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 17.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8cac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8cac]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ae8cac (#ae8cac) is rgb(174, 140, 172) in RGB.

No, #ae8cac 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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