#a69797

Color #a69797

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.05 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a69797

RGB

rgb(166, 151, 151)

HSL

hsl(0, 7.8%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 9%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9%, 9%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(63.73, 5.52, 2.01)

LCH

lch(63.73, 5.87, 20.01)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0178, 17.62)

HWB

hwb(0, 59.2%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97a6a6

Analogous

#a6979f

#a69797

#a69f97

Triadic

#a69797

#97a697

#9797a6

Split-complementary

#a69797

#97a69f

#979fa6

Tetradic

#a69797

#a6a697

#97a6a6

#9797a6

Square

#a69797

#9fa697

#97a6a6

#9f97a6

Shades

Color #a69797 mixed toward black.

#8e7b7b

#726161

#554949

#393131

#1c1818

Tints

Color #a69797 mixed toward white.

#b5a8a8

#c4baba

#d3cbcb

#e1dcdc

#f0eeee

Tones

Color #a69797 mixed toward gray.

#a59898

#a49a9a

#a29b9b

#a19c9c

#a09d9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a097 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#a1a297 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#a59797 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a69797;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69797]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a69797 (#a69797) is rgb(166, 151, 151) in RGB.

No, #a69797 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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