#aa9899

Color #aa9899

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.56 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9899

RGB

rgb(170, 152, 153)

HSL

hsl(356.7, 9.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(356.7, 10.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 10%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.41, 6.81, 1.9)

LCH

lch(64.41, 7.07, 15.59)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0214, 13.78)

HWB

hwb(356.7, 59.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98aaa9

Analogous

#aa98a2

#aa9899

#aaa098

Triadic

#aa9899

#99aa98

#9899aa

Split-complementary

#aa9899

#98aaa0

#98a2aa

Tetradic

#aa9899

#aaa998

#98aaa9

#9899aa

Square

#aa9899

#a2aa98

#98aaa9

#a098aa

Shades

Color #aa9899 mixed toward black.

#927a7c

#766162

#58494a

#3b3031

#1d1819

Tints

Color #aa9899 mixed toward white.

#b8a9aa

#c6babb

#d4cbcc

#e3dddd

#f1eeee

Tones

Color #aa9899 mixed toward gray.

#a8999a

#a79b9c

#a59c9d

#a49e9e

#a29fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a299 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#a4a599 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#a99999 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9899;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9899]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#aa9899 (#aa9899) is rgb(170, 152, 153) in RGB.

No, #aa9899 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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