#a09a9a

Color #a09a9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.65 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a09a9a

RGB

rgb(160, 154, 154)

HSL

hsl(0, 3.1%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 3.8%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 3.8%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(64.09, 2.18, 0.78)

LCH

lch(64.09, 2.32, 19.69)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.007, 17.4)

HWB

hwb(0, 60.4%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa0a0

Analogous

#a09a9d

#a09a9a

#a09d9a

Triadic

#a09a9a

#9aa09a

#9a9aa0

Split-complementary

#a09a9a

#9aa09d

#9a9da0

Tetradic

#a09a9a

#a0a09a

#9aa0a0

#9a9aa0

Square

#a09a9a

#9da09a

#9aa0a0

#9d9aa0

Shades

Color #a09a9a mixed toward black.

#877f7f

#6c6565

#514c4c

#363333

#1b1919

Tints

Color #a09a9a mixed toward white.

#b0abab

#c0bcbc

#d0cdcd

#dfdddd

#efeeee

Tones

Color #a09a9a mixed toward gray.

#a09b9b

#9f9b9b

#9f9c9c

#9e9c9c

#9e9d9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9d9a · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9e9e9a · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#a09a9a · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 3.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a09a9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a09a9a]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a09a9a (#a09a9a) is rgb(160, 154, 154) in RGB.

No, #a09a9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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