#ada49d

Color #ada49d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.36 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#ada49d

RGB

rgb(173, 164, 157)

HSL

hsl(26.3, 8.9%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(26.3, 9.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 9.2%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(67.92, 2, 4.79)

LCH

lch(67.92, 5.19, 67.34)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0145, 60.6)

HWB

hwb(26.3, 61.6%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9da6ad

Analogous

#ad9d9e

#ada49d

#adac9d

Triadic

#ada49d

#9dada4

#a49dad

Split-complementary

#ada49d

#9dadac

#9d9ead

Tetradic

#ada49d

#a6ad9d

#9da6ad

#a49dad

Square

#ada49d

#9ead9d

#9da6ad

#ac9dad

Shades

Color #ada49d mixed toward black.

#94887f

#786d64

#5a524b

#3c3632

#1e1b19

Tints

Color #ada49d mixed toward white.

#bbb3ad

#c8c2be

#d6d1ce

#e4e1de

#f1f0ef

Tones

Color #ada49d mixed toward gray.

#aca49e

#aaa4a0

#a9a4a1

#a8a5a2

#a6a5a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a99f · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#aaaa9f · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#ada0a0 · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada49d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada49d]

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Peru #cd853f

Frequently asked questions

#ada49d (#ada49d) is rgb(173, 164, 157) in RGB.

No, #ada49d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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