#aea7ae

Color #aea7ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.67 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aea7ae

RGB

rgb(174, 167, 174)

HSL

hsl(300, 4.1%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(69.25, 3.81, -2.7)

LCH

lch(69.25, 4.67, 324.68)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0127, 325.93)

HWB

hwb(300, 65.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7aea7

Analogous

#aba7ae

#aea7ae

#aea7ab

Triadic

#aea7ae

#aeaea7

#a7aeae

Split-complementary

#aea7ae

#abaea7

#a7aeab

Tetradic

#aea7ae

#aea7a7

#a7aea7

#a7aeae

Square

#aea7ae

#aeaba7

#a7aea7

#a7abae

Shades

Color #aea7ae mixed toward black.

#938a93

#766d76

#595259

#3b373b

#1e1b1e

Tints

Color #aea7ae mixed toward white.

#bcb6bc

#c9c4c9

#d7d3d7

#e4e2e4

#f2f0f2

Tones

Color #aea7ae mixed toward gray.

#ada8ad

#aca9ac

#abaaab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababac · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#abacac · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#aeabab · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea7ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea7ae]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#aea7ae (#aea7ae) is rgb(174, 167, 174) in RGB.

No, #aea7ae 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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