#aaa8a7

Color #aaa8a7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 0.97 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa8a7

RGB

rgb(170, 168, 167)

HSL

hsl(20, 1.7%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20, 1.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 1.8%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(69, 0.53, 0.77)

LCH

lch(69, 0.93, 55.46)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0027, 48.01)

HWB

hwb(20, 65.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a9aa

Analogous

#aaa7a8

#aaa8a7

#aaaaa7

Triadic

#aaa8a7

#a7aaa8

#a8a7aa

Split-complementary

#aaa8a7

#a7aaaa

#a7a8aa

Tetradic

#aaa8a7

#a9aaa7

#a7a9aa

#a8a7aa

Square

#aaa8a7

#a8aaa7

#a7a9aa

#aaa7aa

Shades

Color #aaa8a7 mixed toward black.

#8e8c8b

#72706e

#565453

#393837

#1d1c1c

Tints

Color #aaa8a7 mixed toward white.

#b8b7b6

#c6c5c4

#d5d4d3

#e3e2e2

#f1f1f0

Tones

Color #aaa8a7 mixed toward gray.

#aaa8a7

#aaa8a8

#a9a8a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9a7 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#a9a9a7 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#aaa7a7 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 1.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa8a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa8a7]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Seashell #fff5ee

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Frequently asked questions

#aaa8a7 (#aaa8a7) is rgb(170, 168, 167) in RGB.

No, #aaa8a7 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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