#adaaa9

Color #adaaa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.38 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#adaaa9

RGB

rgb(173, 170, 169)

HSL

hsl(15, 2.4%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(15, 2.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 2.3%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(69.82, 0.88, 0.89)

LCH

lch(69.82, 1.25, 45.32)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0038, 39.61)

HWB

hwb(15, 66.3%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9acad

Analogous

#ada9aa

#adaaa9

#adaca9

Triadic

#adaaa9

#a9adaa

#aaa9ad

Split-complementary

#adaaa9

#a9adac

#a9aaad

Tetradic

#adaaa9

#acada9

#a9acad

#aaa9ad

Square

#adaaa9

#aaada9

#a9acad

#aca9ad

Shades

Color #adaaa9 mixed toward black.

#918d8c

#75716f

#585553

#3a3838

#1d1c1c

Tints

Color #adaaa9 mixed toward white.

#bbb8b7

#c8c6c6

#d6d5d4

#e4e3e2

#f1f1f1

Tones

Color #adaaa9 mixed toward gray.

#adaaa9

#acaaaa

#acabaa

#ababab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acaca9 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#acaca9 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#ada9a9 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 1.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adaaa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adaaa9]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#adaaa9 (#adaaa9) is rgb(173, 170, 169) in RGB.

No, #adaaa9 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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