#a79c9e

Color #a79c9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.88 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a79c9e

RGB

rgb(167, 156, 158)

HSL

hsl(349.1, 5.9%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.1, 6.6%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 5.4%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(65.33, 4.37, 0.4)

LCH

lch(65.33, 4.39, 5.23)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.0131, 4.8)

HWB

hwb(349.1, 61.2%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ca7a5

Analogous

#a79ca3

#a79c9e

#a79f9c

Triadic

#a79c9e

#9ea79c

#9c9ea7

Split-complementary

#a79c9e

#9ca79f

#9ca3a7

Tetradic

#a79c9e

#a7a59c

#9ca7a5

#9c9ea7

Square

#a79c9e

#a3a79c

#9ca7a5

#9f9ca7

Shades

Color #a79c9e mixed toward black.

#8e7f82

#726568

#554c4e

#393334

#1c191a

Tints

Color #a79c9e mixed toward white.

#b6acae

#c4bdbe

#d3cdce

#e2dedf

#f0eeef

Tones

Color #a79c9e mixed toward gray.

#a69d9e

#a59e9f

#a49fa0

#a3a0a0

#a2a0a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a29e · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#a3a49d · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#a69d9d · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 5.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a79c9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a79c9e]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#a79c9e (#a79c9e) is rgb(167, 156, 158) in RGB.

No, #a79c9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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