#a69e97

Color #a69e97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.17 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a69e97

RGB

rgb(166, 158, 151)

HSL

hsl(28, 7.8%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(28, 9%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 9%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(65.59, 1.64, 4.69)

LCH

lch(65.59, 4.97, 70.73)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0137, 63.62)

HWB

hwb(28, 59.2%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979fa6

Analogous

#a69798

#a69e97

#a6a697

Triadic

#a69e97

#97a69e

#9e97a6

Split-complementary

#a69e97

#97a6a6

#9798a6

Tetradic

#a69e97

#9fa697

#979fa6

#9e97a6

Square

#a69e97

#98a697

#979fa6

#a697a6

Shades

Color #a69e97 mixed toward black.

#8e847b

#726961

#554f49

#393531

#1c1a18

Tints

Color #a69e97 mixed toward white.

#b5aea8

#c4beba

#d3cfcb

#e1dfdc

#f0efee

Tones

Color #a69e97 mixed toward gray.

#a59e98

#a49e9a

#a29e9b

#a19e9c

#a09f9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a399 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#a3a499 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#a69a9a · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a69e97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69e97]

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Frequently asked questions

#a69e97 (#a69e97) is rgb(166, 158, 151) in RGB.

No, #a69e97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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