#ae8e93

Color #ae8e93

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 6.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8e93

RGB

rgb(174, 142, 147)

HSL

hsl(350.6, 16.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(350.6, 18.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 15.5%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(62.04, 12.87, 1.9)

LCH

lch(62.04, 13.01, 8.4)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0392, 7.61)

HWB

hwb(350.6, 55.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8eaea9

Analogous

#ae8ea3

#ae8e93

#ae998e

Triadic

#ae8e93

#93ae8e

#8e93ae

Split-complementary

#ae8e93

#8eae99

#8ea3ae

Tetradic

#ae8e93

#aea98e

#8eaea9

#8e93ae

Square

#ae8e93

#a3ae8e

#8eaea9

#998eae

Shades

Color #ae8e93 mixed toward black.

#986f76

#7b585d

#5c4246

#3d2c2f

#1f1617

Tints

Color #ae8e93 mixed toward white.

#bca1a5

#c9b4b7

#d7c7c9

#e4d9db

#f2eced

Tones

Color #ae8e93 mixed toward gray.

#ab9195

#a99397

#a69699

#a3999a

#a19b9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a192 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#a3a592 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#ad9191 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8e93;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8e93]

Related colors

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pink #ffc0cb

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Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#ae8e93 (#ae8e93) is rgb(174, 142, 147) in RGB.

No, #ae8e93 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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