#a49c9e

Color #a49c9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.31 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a49c9e

RGB

rgb(164, 156, 158)

HSL

hsl(345, 4.2%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(345, 4.9%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 3.7%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(65.07, 3.28, -0)

LCH

lch(65.07, 3.28, -0)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0097, 0)

HWB

hwb(345, 61.2%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca4a2

Analogous

#a49ca2

#a49c9e

#a49e9c

Triadic

#a49c9e

#9ea49c

#9c9ea4

Split-complementary

#a49c9e

#9ca49e

#9ca2a4

Tetradic

#a49c9e

#a4a29c

#9ca4a2

#9c9ea4

Square

#a49c9e

#a2a49c

#9ca4a2

#9e9ca4

Shades

Color #a49c9e mixed toward black.

#8a8083

#6f6668

#534d4e

#383334

#1c1a1a

Tints

Color #a49c9e mixed toward white.

#b3acae

#c2bdbe

#d1cdce

#e1dedf

#f0eeef

Tones

Color #a49c9e mixed toward gray.

#a39d9e

#a39d9f

#a29e9f

#a19f9f

#a19fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a19e · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#a1a29d · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#a49d9d · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 4.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49c9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49c9e]

Related colors

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#a49c9e (#a49c9e) is rgb(164, 156, 158) in RGB.

No, #a49c9e 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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