#ab9a97

Color #ab9a97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.11 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ab9a97

RGB

rgb(171, 154, 151)

HSL

hsl(9, 10.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9, 11.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 11.7%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(64.97, 5.72, 3.85)

LCH

lch(64.97, 6.89, 33.94)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0206, 29.68)

HWB

hwb(9, 59.2%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97a8ab

Analogous

#ab979e

#ab9a97

#aba497

Triadic

#ab9a97

#97ab9a

#9a97ab

Split-complementary

#ab9a97

#97aba4

#979eab

Tetradic

#ab9a97

#a8ab97

#97a8ab

#9a97ab

Square

#ab9a97

#9eab97

#97a8ab

#a497ab

Shades

Color #ab9a97 mixed toward black.

#937d79

#776360

#594a48

#3b3230

#1e1918

Tints

Color #ab9a97 mixed toward white.

#b9aba8

#c7bcba

#d5cccb

#e3dddc

#f1eeee

Tones

Color #ab9a97 mixed toward gray.

#a99b99

#a89c9a

#a69d9c

#a49f9e

#a3a09f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a498 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#a5a698 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#aa9898 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab9a97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab9a97]

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Frequently asked questions

#ab9a97 (#ab9a97) is rgb(171, 154, 151) in RGB.

No, #ab9a97 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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