#aa958e

Color #aa958e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 10.4 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#aa958e

RGB

rgb(170, 149, 142)

HSL

hsl(15, 14.1%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(15, 16.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 16.5%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.34, 6.61, 6.55)

LCH

lch(63.34, 9.31, 44.74)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0271, 39.32)

HWB

hwb(15, 55.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ea3aa

Analogous

#aa8e95

#aa958e

#aaa38e

Triadic

#aa958e

#8eaa95

#958eaa

Split-complementary

#aa958e

#8eaaa3

#8e95aa

Tetradic

#aa958e

#a3aa8e

#8ea3aa

#958eaa

Square

#aa958e

#95aa8e

#8ea3aa

#a38eaa

Shades

Color #aa958e mixed toward black.

#947970

#776159

#594943

#3b302d

#1e1816

Tints

Color #aa958e mixed toward white.

#b8a7a1

#c6b8b4

#d5cac7

#e3dcd9

#f1edec

Tones

Color #aa958e mixed toward gray.

#a89690

#a59793

#a39995

#a19a97

#9e9b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a190 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#a3a490 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#a99191 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 9.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa958e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa958e]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#aa958e (#aa958e) is rgb(170, 149, 142) in RGB.

No, #aa958e 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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