#a8a09e

Color #a8a09e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.29 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a09e

RGB

rgb(168, 160, 158)

HSL

hsl(12, 5.4%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12, 6%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 6%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(66.47, 2.53, 2.08)

LCH

lch(66.47, 3.28, 39.42)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0098, 34.18)

HWB

hwb(12, 62%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea6a8

Analogous

#a89ea1

#a8a09e

#a8a59e

Triadic

#a8a09e

#9ea8a0

#a09ea8

Split-complementary

#a8a09e

#9ea8a5

#9ea1a8

Tetradic

#a8a09e

#a6a89e

#9ea6a8

#a09ea8

Square

#a8a09e

#a1a89e

#9ea6a8

#a59ea8

Shades

Color #a8a09e mixed toward black.

#8e8481

#726967

#564f4d

#393533

#1d1a1a

Tints

Color #a8a09e mixed toward white.

#b6b0ae

#c5c0be

#d3cfce

#e2dfdf

#f0efef

Tones

Color #a8a09e mixed toward gray.

#a7a09f

#a6a1a0

#a5a1a0

#a5a2a1

#a4a2a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a59e · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#a5a69f · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#a89f9f · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 3.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a09e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a09e]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#a8a09e (#a8a09e) is rgb(168, 160, 158) in RGB.

No, #a8a09e 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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