#aca2a1

Color #aca2a1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.3 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aca2a1

RGB

rgb(172, 162, 161)

HSL

hsl(5.5, 6.2%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(5.5, 6.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 6.4%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(67.42, 3.44, 1.82)

LCH

lch(67.42, 3.89, 27.88)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0118, 24.61)

HWB

hwb(5.5, 63.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1abac

Analogous

#aca1a6

#aca2a1

#aca8a1

Triadic

#aca2a1

#a1aca2

#a2a1ac

Split-complementary

#aca2a1

#a1aca8

#a1a6ac

Tetradic

#aca2a1

#abaca1

#a1abac

#a2a1ac

Square

#aca2a1

#a6aca1

#a1abac

#a8a1ac

Shades

Color #aca2a1 mixed toward black.

#928584

#766968

#584f4e

#3b3534

#1d1a1a

Tints

Color #aca2a1 mixed toward white.

#bab2b1

#c8c1c0

#d6d1d0

#e3e0e0

#f1f0ef

Tones

Color #aca2a1 mixed toward gray.

#aba3a2

#aaa4a3

#a9a4a4

#a8a5a5

#a7a6a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8a1 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#a8a9a1 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#aca1a1 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 4.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aca2a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca2a1]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#aca2a1 (#aca2a1) is rgb(172, 162, 161) in RGB.

No, #aca2a1 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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