#a89a9a

Color #a89a9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.05 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a89a9a

RGB

rgb(168, 154, 154)

HSL

hsl(0, 7.4%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 8.3%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 8.3%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(64.78, 5.13, 1.86)

LCH

lch(64.78, 5.46, 19.93)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0166, 17.56)

HWB

hwb(0, 60.4%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa8a8

Analogous

#a89aa1

#a89a9a

#a8a19a

Triadic

#a89a9a

#9aa89a

#9a9aa8

Split-complementary

#a89a9a

#9aa8a1

#9aa1a8

Tetradic

#a89a9a

#a8a89a

#9aa8a8

#9a9aa8

Square

#a89a9a

#a1a89a

#9aa8a8

#a19aa8

Shades

Color #a89a9a mixed toward black.

#8f7d7d

#736363

#564a4a

#3a3232

#1d1919

Tints

Color #a89a9a mixed toward white.

#b6abab

#c5bcbc

#d3cccc

#e2dddd

#f0eeee

Tones

Color #a89a9a mixed toward gray.

#a79b9b

#a69c9c

#a49d9d

#a39f9f

#a2a0a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a29a · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#a3a49a · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#a79a9a · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a89a9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a89a9a]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a89a9a (#a89a9a) is rgb(168, 154, 154) in RGB.

No, #a89a9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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