#ada3a2

Color #ada3a2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.14 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ada3a2

RGB

rgb(173, 163, 162)

HSL

hsl(5.5, 6.3%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(5.5, 6.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 6.4%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(67.79, 3.43, 1.81)

LCH

lch(67.79, 3.88, 27.82)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0117, 24.16)

HWB

hwb(5.5, 63.5%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2acad

Analogous

#ada2a7

#ada3a2

#ada9a2

Triadic

#ada3a2

#a2ada3

#a3a2ad

Split-complementary

#ada3a2

#a2ada9

#a2a7ad

Tetradic

#ada3a2

#acada2

#a2acad

#a3a2ad

Square

#ada3a2

#a7ada2

#a2acad

#a9a2ad

Shades

Color #ada3a2 mixed toward black.

#938684

#776a69

#594f4e

#3b3534

#1e1a1a

Tints

Color #ada3a2 mixed toward white.

#bbb2b2

#c8c2c1

#d6d1d1

#e4e0e0

#f1f0f0

Tones

Color #ada3a2 mixed toward gray.

#aca4a3

#aba5a4

#aaa5a5

#a9a6a6

#a8a7a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9a2 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#a9aaa2 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#ada2a2 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 4.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada3a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada3a2]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#ada3a2 (#ada3a2) is rgb(173, 163, 162) in RGB.

No, #ada3a2 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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