#abaaa8

Color #abaaa8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.22 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#abaaa8

RGB

rgb(171, 170, 168)

HSL

hsl(40, 1.8%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(40, 1.8%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 1.8%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(69.64, -0.02, 1.15)

LCH

lch(69.64, 1.15, 91)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0031, 84.47)

HWB

hwb(40, 65.9%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8a9ab

Analogous

#aba9a8

#abaaa8

#ababa8

Triadic

#abaaa8

#a8abaa

#aaa8ab

Split-complementary

#abaaa8

#a8abab

#a9a8ab

Tetradic

#abaaa8

#a9aba8

#a8a9ab

#aaa8ab

Square

#abaaa8

#a8aba9

#a8a9ab

#aba8ab

Shades

Color #abaaa8 mixed toward black.

#8f8e8b

#73726f

#565553

#3a3938

#1d1c1c

Tints

Color #abaaa8 mixed toward white.

#b9b8b7

#c7c6c5

#d5d5d4

#e3e3e2

#f1f1f1

Tones

Color #abaaa8 mixed toward gray.

#abaaa8

#abaaa9

#aaaaa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa8 · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#ababa9 · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#aba9a9 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 1.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #abaaa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#abaaa8]

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Moccasin #ffe4b5

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#abaaa8 (#abaaa8) is rgb(171, 170, 168) in RGB.

No, #abaaa8 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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