#ae8ea8

Color #ae8ea8

A muted light magenta.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 15.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ae8ea8

RGB

rgb(174, 142, 168)

HSL

hsl(311.3, 16.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(311.3, 18.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 3.4%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(62.65, 16.59, -9.11)

LCH

lch(62.65, 18.93, 331.23)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0527, 332.66)

HWB

hwb(311.3, 55.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8eae94

Analogous

#a48eae

#ae8ea8

#ae8e98

Triadic

#ae8ea8

#a8ae8e

#8ea8ae

Split-complementary

#ae8ea8

#98ae8e

#8eaea4

Tetradic

#ae8ea8

#ae948e

#8eae94

#8ea8ae

Square

#ae8ea8

#aea48e

#8eae94

#8e98ae

Shades

Color #ae8ea8 mixed toward black.

#986f90

#7b5874

#5c4257

#3d2c3a

#1f161d

Tints

Color #ae8ea8 mixed toward white.

#bca1b7

#c9b4c5

#d7c7d4

#e4d9e2

#f2ecf1

Tones

Color #ae8ea8 mixed toward gray.

#ab91a6

#a993a5

#a696a3

#a399a1

#a19ba0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a2 · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#a3a5a1 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#ad9d9c · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae8ea8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae8ea8]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#ae8ea8 (#ae8ea8) is rgb(174, 142, 168) in RGB.

No, #ae8ea8 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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