#aa9895

Color #aa9895

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.82 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9895

RGB

rgb(170, 152, 149)

HSL

hsl(8.6, 11%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.6, 12.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 12.4%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.3, 6.11, 4)

LCH

lch(64.3, 7.3, 33.21)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0218, 29.03)

HWB

hwb(8.6, 58.4%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95a7aa

Analogous

#aa959c

#aa9895

#aaa295

Triadic

#aa9895

#95aa98

#9895aa

Split-complementary

#aa9895

#95aaa2

#959caa

Tetradic

#aa9895

#a7aa95

#95a7aa

#9895aa

Square

#aa9895

#9caa95

#95a7aa

#a295aa

Shades

Color #aa9895 mixed toward black.

#927b77

#76625f

#584947

#3b312f

#1d1818

Tints

Color #aa9895 mixed toward white.

#b8a9a7

#c6bab8

#d4cbca

#e3dddc

#f1eeed

Tones

Color #aa9895 mixed toward gray.

#a89997

#a69a98

#a59c9a

#a39d9c

#a19e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a296 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#a4a596 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#a99696 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 8.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9895;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9895]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#aa9895 (#aa9895) is rgb(170, 152, 149) in RGB.

No, #aa9895 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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