#af97af

Color #af97af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#af97af

RGB

rgb(175, 151, 175)

HSL

hsl(300, 13%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 13.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(65.23, 13.23, -9.2)

LCH

lch(65.23, 16.11, 325.19)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.0439, 326.06)

HWB

hwb(300, 59.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97af97

Analogous

#a397af

#af97af

#af97a3

Triadic

#af97af

#afaf97

#97afaf

Split-complementary

#af97af

#a3af97

#97afa3

Tetradic

#af97af

#af9797

#97af97

#97afaf

Square

#af97af

#afa397

#97af97

#97a3af

Shades

Color #af97af mixed toward black.

#977897

#7b5f7b

#5c475c

#3d2f3d

#1f181f

Tints

Color #af97af mixed toward white.

#bca8bc

#cabaca

#d7cbd7

#e4dce4

#f2eef2

Tones

Color #af97af mixed toward gray.

#ad99ad

#ab9bab

#a99da9

#a79fa7

#a5a1a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5aa · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#a7a8a8 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#aea5a4 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 14.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #af97af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af97af]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#af97af (#af97af) is rgb(175, 151, 175) in RGB.

No, #af97af 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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