#a8a196

Color #a8a196

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.19 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a8a196

RGB

rgb(168, 161, 150)

HSL

hsl(36.7, 9.4%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.7, 10.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 10.7%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(66.53, 0.57, 6.63)

LCH

lch(66.53, 6.65, 85.09)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0177, 79.26)

HWB

hwb(36.7, 58.8%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969da8

Analogous

#a89896

#a8a196

#a6a896

Triadic

#a8a196

#96a8a1

#a196a8

Split-complementary

#a8a196

#96a6a8

#9896a8

Tetradic

#a8a196

#9da896

#969da8

#a196a8

Square

#a8a196

#96a898

#969da8

#a896a6

Shades

Color #a8a196 mixed toward black.

#908779

#746c60

#575148

#3a3630

#1d1b18

Tints

Color #a8a196 mixed toward white.

#b7b1a8

#c5c0b9

#d4d0cb

#e2e0dc

#f1efee

Tones

Color #a8a196 mixed toward gray.

#a7a198

#a5a099

#a4a09b

#a2a09c

#a19f9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a599 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#a5a699 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#a89b9b · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8a196;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8a196]

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Frequently asked questions

#a8a196 (#a8a196) is rgb(168, 161, 150) in RGB.

No, #a8a196 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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