#aa9a95

Color #aa9a95

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.19 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9a95

RGB

rgb(170, 154, 149)

HSL

hsl(14.3, 11%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(14.3, 12.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 12.4%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.83, 5, 4.75)

LCH

lch(64.83, 6.9, 43.53)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0204, 38.22)

HWB

hwb(14.3, 58.4%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95a5aa

Analogous

#aa959a

#aa9a95

#aaa495

Triadic

#aa9a95

#95aa9a

#9a95aa

Split-complementary

#aa9a95

#95aaa4

#959aaa

Tetradic

#aa9a95

#a5aa95

#95a5aa

#9a95aa

Square

#aa9a95

#9aaa95

#95a5aa

#a495aa

Shades

Color #aa9a95 mixed toward black.

#927e77

#76645f

#584b47

#3b322f

#1d1918

Tints

Color #aa9a95 mixed toward white.

#b8aba7

#c6bcb8

#d4ccca

#e3dddc

#f1eeed

Tones

Color #aa9a95 mixed toward gray.

#a89b97

#a69c98

#a59d9a

#a39e9c

#a19e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a396 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#a4a597 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#a99797 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 7.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9a95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9a95]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#aa9a95 (#aa9a95) is rgb(170, 154, 149) in RGB.

No, #aa9a95 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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