#aea6a2

Color #aea6a2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.81 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aea6a2

RGB

rgb(174, 166, 162)

HSL

hsl(20, 6.9%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20, 6.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 6.9%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(68.66, 2.15, 3.09)

LCH

lch(68.66, 3.76, 55.17)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0109, 48.72)

HWB

hwb(20, 63.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2aaae

Analogous

#aea2a4

#aea6a2

#aeaca2

Triadic

#aea6a2

#a2aea6

#a6a2ae

Split-complementary

#aea6a2

#a2aeac

#a2a4ae

Tetradic

#aea6a2

#aaaea2

#a2aaae

#a6a2ae

Square

#aea6a2

#a4aea2

#a2aaae

#aca2ae

Shades

Color #aea6a2 mixed toward black.

#948984

#786d68

#5a524e

#3c3734

#1e1b1a

Tints

Color #aea6a2 mixed toward white.

#bcb5b2

#c9c4c1

#d7d3d1

#e4e1e0

#f2f0f0

Tones

Color #aea6a2 mixed toward gray.

#ada6a3

#aca7a4

#aba7a5

#aaa7a6

#a9a8a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa3 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#abaca3 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#aea4a4 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 4.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea6a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea6a2]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Seashell #fff5ee

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Frequently asked questions

#aea6a2 (#aea6a2) is rgb(174, 166, 162) in RGB.

No, #aea6a2 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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