#ae9393

Color #ae9393

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 7.51 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9393

RGB

rgb(174, 147, 147)

HSL

hsl(0, 14.3%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 15.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(63.32, 10.07, 3.76)

LCH

lch(63.32, 10.75, 20.47)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0325, 17.93)

HWB

hwb(0, 57.6%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93aeae

Analogous

#ae93a0

#ae9393

#aea093

Triadic

#ae9393

#93ae93

#9393ae

Split-complementary

#ae9393

#93aea0

#93a0ae

Tetradic

#ae9393

#aeae93

#93aeae

#9393ae

Square

#ae9393

#a0ae93

#93aeae

#a093ae

Shades

Color #ae9393 mixed toward black.

#977474

#7a5c5c

#5c4545

#3d2e2e

#1f1717

Tints

Color #ae9393 mixed toward white.

#bba5a5

#c9b7b7

#d6c9c9

#e4dbdb

#f1eded

Tones

Color #ae9393 mixed toward gray.

#ac9595

#a99797

#a79a9a

#a59c9c

#a39e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a393 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#a5a693 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#ad9393 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9393;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9393]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#ae9393 (#ae9393) is rgb(174, 147, 147) in RGB.

No, #ae9393 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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