#af9a97

Color #af9a97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.32 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#af9a97

RGB

rgb(175, 154, 151)

HSL

hsl(7.5, 13%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.5, 13.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12%, 13.7%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(65.33, 7.22, 4.41)

LCH

lch(65.33, 8.46, 31.42)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0254, 27.47)

HWB

hwb(7.5, 59.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97acaf

Analogous

#af97a0

#af9a97

#afa697

Triadic

#af9a97

#97af9a

#9a97af

Split-complementary

#af9a97

#97afa6

#97a0af

Tetradic

#af9a97

#acaf97

#97acaf

#9a97af

Square

#af9a97

#a0af97

#97acaf

#a697af

Shades

Color #af9a97 mixed toward black.

#977c78

#7b625f

#5c4a47

#3d312f

#1f1918

Tints

Color #af9a97 mixed toward white.

#bcaba8

#cabcba

#d7cccb

#e4dddc

#f2eeee

Tones

Color #af9a97 mixed toward gray.

#ad9b99

#ab9d9b

#a99e9d

#a7a09f

#a5a1a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a698 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#a8a998 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#ae9898 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #af9a97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#af9a97]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#af9a97 (#af9a97) is rgb(175, 154, 151) in RGB.

No, #af9a97 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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