#a69c98

Color #a69c98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.11 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a69c98

RGB

rgb(166, 156, 152)

HSL

hsl(17.1, 7.3%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(17.1, 8.4%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6%, 8.4%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(65.08, 2.92, 3.4)

LCH

lch(65.08, 4.48, 49.34)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0132, 43.15)

HWB

hwb(17.1, 59.6%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98a2a6

Analogous

#a6989b

#a69c98

#a6a398

Triadic

#a69c98

#98a69c

#9c98a6

Split-complementary

#a69c98

#98a6a3

#989ba6

Tetradic

#a69c98

#a2a698

#98a2a6

#9c98a6

Square

#a69c98

#9ba698

#98a2a6

#a398a6

Shades

Color #a69c98 mixed toward black.

#8e817c

#726762

#554d4a

#393331

#1c1a19

Tints

Color #a69c98 mixed toward white.

#b5ada9

#c4bdba

#d3cecc

#e1dedd

#f0efee

Tones

Color #a69c98 mixed toward gray.

#a59d99

#a49d9a

#a39e9c

#a19e9d

#a09f9e

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

#a2a299 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#a2a399 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#a69a9a · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 4.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69c98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69c98]

Related colors

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Sienna #a0522d

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#a69c98 (#a69c98) is rgb(166, 156, 152) in RGB.

No, #a69c98 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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