#ad9b98

Color #ad9b98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.21 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ad9b98

RGB

rgb(173, 155, 152)

HSL

hsl(8.6, 11.4%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.6, 12.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 12.1%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(65.43, 6.09, 3.98)

LCH

lch(65.43, 7.28, 33.17)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0218, 29.03)

HWB

hwb(8.6, 59.6%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98aaad

Analogous

#ad989f

#ad9b98

#ada598

Triadic

#ad9b98

#98ad9b

#9b98ad

Split-complementary

#ad9b98

#98ada5

#989fad

Tetradic

#ad9b98

#aaad98

#98aaad

#9b98ad

Square

#ad9b98

#9fad98

#98aaad

#a598ad

Shades

Color #ad9b98 mixed toward black.

#957e7a

#796360

#5a4b48

#3c3230

#1e1918

Tints

Color #ad9b98 mixed toward white.

#bbaca9

#c8bcba

#d6cdcb

#e4dedd

#f1eeee

Tones

Color #ad9b98 mixed toward gray.

#ab9c9a

#a99d9b

#a89f9d

#a6a09f

#a4a1a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a599 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#a7a899 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#ac9999 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ad9b98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad9b98]

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Frequently asked questions

#ad9b98 (#ad9b98) is rgb(173, 155, 152) in RGB.

No, #ad9b98 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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