#a99f9f

Color #a99f9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.84 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a99f9f

RGB

rgb(169, 159, 159)

HSL

hsl(0, 5.5%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 5.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 5.9%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(66.32, 3.63, 1.3)

LCH

lch(66.32, 3.86, 19.7)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0117, 17.35)

HWB

hwb(0, 62.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fa9a9

Analogous

#a99fa4

#a99f9f

#a9a49f

Triadic

#a99f9f

#9fa99f

#9f9fa9

Split-complementary

#a99f9f

#9fa9a4

#9fa4a9

Tetradic

#a99f9f

#a9a99f

#9fa9a9

#9f9fa9

Square

#a99f9f

#a4a99f

#9fa9a9

#a49fa9

Shades

Color #a99f9f mixed toward black.

#8f8282

#736767

#564d4d

#3a3434

#1d1a1a

Tints

Color #a99f9f mixed toward white.

#b7afaf

#c6bfbf

#d4cfcf

#e2dfdf

#f1efef

Tones

Color #a99f9f mixed toward gray.

#a8a0a0

#a7a1a1

#a6a1a1

#a6a2a2

#a5a3a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a59f · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#a5a69f · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#a99f9f · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a99f9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a99f9f]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a99f9f (#a99f9f) is rgb(169, 159, 159) in RGB.

No, #a99f9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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