#a99698

Color #a99698

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a99698

RGB

rgb(169, 150, 152)

HSL

hsl(353.7, 9.9%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(353.7, 11.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 10.1%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(63.77, 7.37, 1.52)

LCH

lch(63.77, 7.53, 11.65)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0228, 10.37)

HWB

hwb(353.7, 58.8%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96a9a7

Analogous

#a996a1

#a99698

#a99d96

Triadic

#a99698

#98a996

#9698a9

Split-complementary

#a99698

#96a99d

#96a1a9

Tetradic

#a99698

#a9a796

#96a9a7

#9698a9

Square

#a99698

#a1a996

#96a9a7

#9d96a9

Shades

Color #a99698 mixed toward black.

#91797b

#756062

#584849

#3a3031

#1d1818

Tints

Color #a99698 mixed toward white.

#b7a7a9

#c6b9ba

#d4cacb

#e2dcdd

#f1edee

Tones

Color #a99698 mixed toward gray.

#a79799

#a6999a

#a49b9c

#a39c9d

#a19e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a198 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#a2a497 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#a89797 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a99698;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a99698]

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#a99698 (#a99698) is rgb(169, 150, 152) in RGB.

No, #a99698 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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