#aa9d9e

Color #aa9d9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.09 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9d9e

RGB

rgb(170, 157, 158)

HSL

hsl(355.4, 7.1%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(355.4, 7.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 7.1%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(65.85, 4.92, 1.19)

LCH

lch(65.85, 5.06, 13.6)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0153, 12.04)

HWB

hwb(355.4, 61.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9daaa9

Analogous

#aa9da4

#aa9d9e

#aaa29d

Triadic

#aa9d9e

#9eaa9d

#9d9eaa

Split-complementary

#aa9d9e

#9daaa2

#9da4aa

Tetradic

#aa9d9e

#aaa99d

#9daaa9

#9d9eaa

Square

#aa9d9e

#a4aa9d

#9daaa9

#a29daa

Shades

Color #aa9d9e mixed toward black.

#918081

#756566

#584c4d

#3a3333

#1d191a

Tints

Color #aa9d9e mixed toward white.

#b8adae

#c6bebe

#d4cece

#e3dedf

#f1efef

Tones

Color #aa9d9e mixed toward gray.

#a99e9f

#a89fa0

#a7a0a1

#a6a1a2

#a5a2a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a49e · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#a5a69e · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#a99e9e · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 6.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9d9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9d9e]

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Frequently asked questions

#aa9d9e (#aa9d9e) is rgb(170, 157, 158) in RGB.

No, #aa9d9e 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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