#aea2a4

Color #aea2a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.99 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aea2a4

RGB

rgb(174, 162, 164)

HSL

hsl(350, 6.9%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(350, 6.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 5.7%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.67, 4.71, 0.53)

LCH

lch(67.67, 4.74, 6.42)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0142, 6.07)

HWB

hwb(350, 63.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2aeac

Analogous

#aea2aa

#aea2a4

#aea6a2

Triadic

#aea2a4

#a4aea2

#a2a4ae

Split-complementary

#aea2a4

#a2aea6

#a2aaae

Tetradic

#aea2a4

#aeaca2

#a2aeac

#a2a4ae

Square

#aea2a4

#aaaea2

#a2aeac

#a6a2ae

Shades

Color #aea2a4 mixed toward black.

#948487

#78686b

#5a4e50

#3c3435

#1e1a1b

Tints

Color #aea2a4 mixed toward white.

#bcb2b3

#c9c1c2

#d7d1d2

#e4e0e1

#f2f0f0

Tones

Color #aea2a4 mixed toward gray.

#ada3a5

#aca4a5

#aba5a6

#aaa6a7

#a9a7a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9a4 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#aaaba3 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#ada3a3 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea2a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea2a4]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#aea2a4 (#aea2a4) is rgb(174, 162, 164) in RGB.

No, #aea2a4 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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