#ac9fa0

Color #ac9fa0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.7 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#ac9fa0

RGB

rgb(172, 159, 160)

HSL

hsl(355.4, 7.3%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(355.4, 7.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.6, 4.91, 1.19)

LCH

lch(66.6, 5.05, 13.62)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0152, 12.12)

HWB

hwb(355.4, 62.4%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9facab

Analogous

#ac9fa6

#ac9fa0

#aca49f

Triadic

#ac9fa0

#a0ac9f

#9fa0ac

Split-complementary

#ac9fa0

#9faca4

#9fa6ac

Tetradic

#ac9fa0

#acab9f

#9facab

#9fa0ac

Square

#ac9fa0

#a6ac9f

#9facab

#a49fac

Shades

Color #ac9fa0 mixed toward black.

#928183

#766668

#594d4e

#3b3334

#1e1a1a

Tints

Color #ac9fa0 mixed toward white.

#baafb0

#c8bfc0

#d6cfcf

#e3dfdf

#f1efef

Tones

Color #ac9fa0 mixed toward gray.

#aba0a1

#aaa1a2

#a9a2a3

#a8a3a4

#a7a4a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a6a0 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#a7a8a0 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#aba0a0 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 6.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac9fa0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac9fa0]

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Frequently asked questions

#ac9fa0 (#ac9fa0) is rgb(172, 159, 160) in RGB.

No, #ac9fa0 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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