#a49696

Color #a49696

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.1 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#a49696

RGB

rgb(164, 150, 150)

HSL

hsl(0, 7.1%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 8.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 8.5%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(63.27, 5.15, 1.87)

LCH

lch(63.27, 5.48, 19.96)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0166, 17.56)

HWB

hwb(0, 58.8%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96a4a4

Analogous

#a4969d

#a49696

#a49d96

Triadic

#a49696

#96a496

#9696a4

Split-complementary

#a49696

#96a49d

#969da4

Tetradic

#a49696

#a4a496

#96a4a4

#9696a4

Square

#a49696

#9da496

#96a4a4

#9d96a4

Shades

Color #a49696 mixed toward black.

#8c7a7a

#706161

#544949

#383131

#1c1818

Tints

Color #a49696 mixed toward white.

#b3a8a8

#c2b9b9

#d2cbcb

#e1dcdc

#f0eeee

Tones

Color #a49696 mixed toward gray.

#a39797

#a29898

#a19a9a

#9f9b9b

#9e9c9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e96 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#9fa096 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#a39696 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49696;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49696]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a49696 (#a49696) is rgb(164, 150, 150) in RGB.

No, #a49696 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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