#af97ad

Color #af97ad

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#af97ad

RGB

rgb(175, 151, 173)

HSL

hsl(305, 13%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305, 13.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 1.1%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(65.17, 12.84, -8.17)

LCH

lch(65.17, 15.22, 327.53)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.0418, 328.71)

HWB

hwb(305, 59.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97af99

Analogous

#a597af

#af97ad

#af97a1

Triadic

#af97ad

#adaf97

#97adaf

Split-complementary

#af97ad

#a1af97

#97afa5

Tetradic

#af97ad

#af9997

#97af99

#97adaf

Square

#af97ad

#afa597

#97af99

#97a1af

Shades

Color #af97ad mixed toward black.

#977895

#7b5f78

#5c475a

#3d2f3c

#1f181e

Tints

Color #af97ad mixed toward white.

#bca8bb

#cabac8

#d7cbd6

#e4dce4

#f2eef1

Tones

Color #af97ad mixed toward gray.

#ad99ab

#ab9baa

#a99da8

#a79fa6

#a5a1a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5a8 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#a7a8a7 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#aea4a3 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #af97ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af97ad]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#af97ad (#af97ad) is rgb(175, 151, 173) in RGB.

No, #af97ad 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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