#ae97a5

Color #ae97a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 12.41 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ae97a5

RGB

rgb(174, 151, 165)

HSL

hsl(323.5, 12.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(323.5, 13.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 5.2%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(64.84, 10.99, -4.17)

LCH

lch(64.84, 11.75, 339.22)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0335, 340.81)

HWB

hwb(323.5, 59.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97aea0

Analogous

#ab97ae

#ae97a5

#ae9799

Triadic

#ae97a5

#a5ae97

#97a5ae

Split-complementary

#ae97a5

#99ae97

#97aeab

Tetradic

#ae97a5

#aea097

#97aea0

#97a5ae

Square

#ae97a5

#aeab97

#97aea0

#9799ae

Shades

Color #ae97a5 mixed toward black.

#96798b

#7a5f6f

#5b4753

#3d2f38

#1e181c

Tints

Color #ae97a5 mixed toward white.

#bba8b4

#c9bac3

#d6cbd2

#e4dce1

#f1eef0

Tones

Color #ae97a5 mixed toward gray.

#ac99a5

#aa9ba4

#a89da4

#a69fa3

#a4a1a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4a2 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#a6a8a1 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#ad9f9f · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 12.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ae97a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae97a5]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Orchid #da70d6

Frequently asked questions

#ae97a5 (#ae97a5) is rgb(174, 151, 165) in RGB.

No, #ae97a5 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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