#aa9a9f

Color #aa9a9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light pink.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9a9f

RGB

rgb(170, 154, 159)

HSL

hsl(341.2, 8.6%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(341.2, 9.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 6.5%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(65.09, 6.76, -0.48)

LCH

lch(65.09, 6.78, 355.94)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.02, 356.57)

HWB

hwb(341.2, 60.4%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aaaa5

Analogous

#aa9aa7

#aa9a9f

#aa9d9a

Triadic

#aa9a9f

#9faa9a

#9a9faa

Split-complementary

#aa9a9f

#9aaa9d

#9aa7aa

Tetradic

#aa9a9f

#aaa59a

#9aaaa5

#9a9faa

Square

#aa9a9f

#a7aa9a

#9aaaa5

#9d9aaa

Shades

Color #aa9a9f mixed toward black.

#917d83

#756368

#584a4e

#3b3134

#1d191a

Tints

Color #aa9a9f mixed toward white.

#b8abaf

#c6bcbf

#d4cccf

#e3dddf

#f1eeef

Tones

Color #aa9a9f mixed toward gray.

#a99b9f

#a79da0

#a69ea0

#a59fa1

#a3a1a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a39e · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#a4a59e · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#a99d9d · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 8.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9a9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9a9f]

Related colors

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#aa9a9f (#aa9a9f) is rgb(170, 154, 159) in RGB.

No, #aa9a9f 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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