#a79797

Color #a79797

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.29 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a79797

RGB

rgb(167, 151, 151)

HSL

hsl(0, 8.3%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 9.6%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 9.6%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(63.82, 5.89, 2.15)

LCH

lch(63.82, 6.27, 20.05)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.019, 17.48)

HWB

hwb(0, 59.2%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97a7a7

Analogous

#a7979f

#a79797

#a79f97

Triadic

#a79797

#97a797

#9797a7

Split-complementary

#a79797

#97a79f

#979fa7

Tetradic

#a79797

#a7a797

#97a7a7

#9797a7

Square

#a79797

#9fa797

#97a7a7

#9f97a7

Shades

Color #a79797 mixed toward black.

#8f7a7a

#736161

#564949

#393131

#1d1818

Tints

Color #a79797 mixed toward white.

#b6a8a8

#c4baba

#d3cbcb

#e2dcdc

#f0eeee

Tones

Color #a79797 mixed toward gray.

#a69898

#a49a9a

#a39b9b

#a29c9c

#a09e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a097 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#a1a297 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#a69797 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 7.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a79797;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79797]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a79797 (#a79797) is rgb(167, 151, 151) in RGB.

No, #a79797 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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