#ae9ca3

Color #ae9ca3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light pink.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ae9ca3

RGB

rgb(174, 156, 163)

HSL

hsl(336.7, 10%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(336.7, 10.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 6.3%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(66.07, 7.84, -1.24)

LCH

lch(66.07, 7.94, 351.01)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0232, 352.08)

HWB

hwb(336.7, 61.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9caea7

Analogous

#ae9cac

#ae9ca3

#ae9e9c

Triadic

#ae9ca3

#a3ae9c

#9ca3ae

Split-complementary

#ae9ca3

#9cae9e

#9cacae

Tetradic

#ae9ca3

#aea79c

#9caea7

#9ca3ae

Square

#ae9ca3

#acae9c

#9caea7

#9e9cae

Shades

Color #ae9ca3 mixed toward black.

#957e87

#79636c

#5b4a51

#3c3136

#1e191b

Tints

Color #ae9ca3 mixed toward white.

#bbacb2

#c9bdc2

#d6cdd1

#e4dee0

#f1eef0

Tones

Color #ae9ca3 mixed toward gray.

#ac9da3

#ab9fa4

#a9a0a4

#a8a2a4

#a6a3a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6a1 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#a8a9a1 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#ada0a0 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae9ca3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae9ca3]

Related colors

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#ae9ca3 (#ae9ca3) is rgb(174, 156, 163) in RGB.

No, #ae9ca3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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