#ada8a4

Color #ada8a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.9 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ada8a4

RGB

rgb(173, 168, 164)

HSL

hsl(26.7, 5.2%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(26.7, 5.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 5.2%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(69.16, 1.06, 2.7)

LCH

lch(69.16, 2.9, 68.57)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0081, 61.22)

HWB

hwb(26.7, 64.3%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4a9ad

Analogous

#ada4a5

#ada8a4

#adada4

Triadic

#ada8a4

#a4ada8

#a8a4ad

Split-complementary

#ada8a4

#a4adad

#a4a5ad

Tetradic

#ada8a4

#a9ada4

#a4a9ad

#a8a4ad

Square

#ada8a4

#a5ada4

#a4a9ad

#ada4ad

Shades

Color #ada8a4 mixed toward black.

#928c87

#76706b

#595450

#3b3835

#1e1c1b

Tints

Color #ada8a4 mixed toward white.

#bbb7b3

#c8c5c2

#d6d4d2

#e4e2e1

#f1f1f0

Tones

Color #ada8a4 mixed toward gray.

#aca8a5

#aca8a6

#aba8a6

#aaa8a7

#a9a8a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa5 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#abaca5 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#ada6a6 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada8a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada8a4]

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Frequently asked questions

#ada8a4 (#ada8a4) is rgb(173, 168, 164) in RGB.

No, #ada8a4 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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