#ae8ea3

Color #ae8ea3

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8ea3

RGB

rgb(174, 142, 163)

HSL

hsl(320.6, 16.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(320.6, 18.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 6.3%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(62.5, 15.67, -6.51)

LCH

lch(62.5, 16.97, 337.44)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0482, 339.08)

HWB

hwb(320.6, 55.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8eae99

Analogous

#a98eae

#ae8ea3

#ae8e93

Triadic

#ae8ea3

#a3ae8e

#8ea3ae

Split-complementary

#ae8ea3

#93ae8e

#8eaea9

Tetradic

#ae8ea3

#ae998e

#8eae99

#8ea3ae

Square

#ae8ea3

#aea98e

#8eae99

#8e93ae

Shades

Color #ae8ea3 mixed toward black.

#986f8a

#7b586f

#5c4253

#3d2c37

#1f161c

Tints

Color #ae8ea3 mixed toward white.

#bca1b2

#c9b4c2

#d7c7d1

#e4d9e0

#f2ecf0

Tones

Color #ae8ea3 mixed toward gray.

#ab91a2

#a993a1

#a696a1

#a399a0

#a19b9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a19e · ΔE 18

Deuteranopia

#a3a59d · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#ad9a99 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8ea3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8ea3]

Related colors

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Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Frequently asked questions

#ae8ea3 (#ae8ea3) is rgb(174, 142, 163) in RGB.

No, #ae8ea3 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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