#ae9496

Color #ae9496

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 8.08 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9496

RGB

rgb(174, 148, 150)

HSL

hsl(355.4, 13.8%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(355.4, 14.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 13.8%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(63.66, 10.02, 2.55)

LCH

lch(63.66, 10.34, 14.28)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.0313, 12.75)

HWB

hwb(355.4, 58%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94aeac

Analogous

#ae94a3

#ae9496

#ae9f94

Triadic

#ae9496

#96ae94

#9496ae

Split-complementary

#ae9496

#94ae9f

#94a3ae

Tetradic

#ae9496

#aeac94

#94aeac

#9496ae

Square

#ae9496

#a3ae94

#94aeac

#9f94ae

Shades

Color #ae9496 mixed toward black.

#977578

#7a5c5f

#5c4547

#3d2e2f

#1f1718

Tints

Color #ae9496 mixed toward white.

#bba6a7

#c9b8b9

#d6c9ca

#e4dbdc

#f1eded

Tones

Color #ae9496 mixed toward gray.

#ac9698

#aa989a

#a79a9b

#a59d9d

#a39f9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a396 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#a5a795 · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#ad9595 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 11.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9496;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9496]

Related colors

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Pink #ffc0cb

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#ae9496 (#ae9496) is rgb(174, 148, 150) in RGB.

No, #ae9496 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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