#a49a9f

Color #a49a9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light pink.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.66 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a49a9f

RGB

rgb(164, 154, 159)

HSL

hsl(330, 5.2%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(330, 6.1%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 3%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(64.57, 4.57, -1.3)

LCH

lch(64.57, 4.75, 344.12)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0136, 345.56)

HWB

hwb(330, 60.4%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa49f

Analogous

#a49aa4

#a49a9f

#a49a9a

Triadic

#a49a9f

#9fa49a

#9a9fa4

Split-complementary

#a49a9f

#9aa49a

#9aa4a4

Tetradic

#a49a9f

#a49f9a

#9aa49f

#9a9fa4

Square

#a49a9f

#a4a49a

#9aa49f

#9a9aa4

Shades

Color #a49a9f mixed toward black.

#8b7e85

#70656a

#544b50

#383235

#1c191b

Tints

Color #a49a9f mixed toward white.

#b3abaf

#c2bcbf

#d2cdcf

#e1dddf

#f0eeef

Tones

Color #a49a9f mixed toward gray.

#a39b9f

#a29c9f

#a29d9f

#a19d9f

#a09e9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a09e · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#a0a19e · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#a49d9d · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a49a9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49a9f]

Related colors

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Crimson #dc143c

Frequently asked questions

#a49a9f (#a49a9f) is rgb(164, 154, 159) in RGB.

No, #a49a9f 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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