#ac9896

Color #ac9896

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.28 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ac9896

RGB

rgb(172, 152, 150)

HSL

hsl(5.5, 11.7%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(5.5, 12.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 12.8%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(64.51, 7.04, 3.76)

LCH

lch(64.51, 7.98, 28.11)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.024, 24.64)

HWB

hwb(5.5, 58.8%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96aaac

Analogous

#ac969f

#ac9896

#aca396

Triadic

#ac9896

#96ac98

#9896ac

Split-complementary

#ac9896

#96aca3

#969fac

Tetradic

#ac9896

#aaac96

#96aaac

#9896ac

Square

#ac9896

#9fac96

#96aaac

#a396ac

Shades

Color #ac9896 mixed toward black.

#947b78

#78615f

#5a4947

#3c312f

#1e1818

Tints

Color #ac9896 mixed toward white.

#baa9a7

#c8bab9

#d5cbca

#e3dddc

#f1eeed

Tones

Color #ac9896 mixed toward gray.

#aa9998

#a89b9a

#a69c9b

#a59e9d

#a39f9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a496 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#a5a697 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#ab9797 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ac9896;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac9896]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#ac9896 (#ac9896) is rgb(172, 152, 150) in RGB.

No, #ac9896 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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