#a89798

Color #a89798

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.52 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a89798

RGB

rgb(168, 151, 152)

HSL

hsl(356.5, 8.9%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(356.5, 10.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 9.5%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(63.94, 6.44, 1.76)

LCH

lch(63.94, 6.68, 15.29)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0202, 13.48)

HWB

hwb(356.5, 59.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97a8a7

Analogous

#a897a0

#a89798

#a89e97

Triadic

#a89798

#98a897

#9798a8

Split-complementary

#a89798

#97a89e

#97a0a8

Tetradic

#a89798

#a8a797

#97a8a7

#9798a8

Square

#a89798

#a0a897

#97a8a7

#9e97a8

Shades

Color #a89798 mixed toward black.

#907a7b

#746162

#574949

#3a3031

#1d1818

Tints

Color #a89798 mixed toward white.

#b6a8a9

#c5baba

#d3cbcb

#e2dcdd

#f0eeee

Tones

Color #a89798 mixed toward gray.

#a69899

#a59a9a

#a49b9c

#a29d9d

#a19e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a198 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#a2a398 · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#a79898 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a89798;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a89798]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#a89798 (#a89798) is rgb(168, 151, 152) in RGB.

No, #a89798 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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