#afaaa9

Color #afaaa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.11 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#afaaa9

RGB

rgb(175, 170, 169)

HSL

hsl(10, 3.6%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(10, 3.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 3.4%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(69.99, 1.6, 1.15)

LCH

lch(69.99, 1.97, 35.71)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.006, 31.29)

HWB

hwb(10, 66.3%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9aeaf

Analogous

#afa9ab

#afaaa9

#afada9

Triadic

#afaaa9

#a9afaa

#aaa9af

Split-complementary

#afaaa9

#a9afad

#a9abaf

Tetradic

#afaaa9

#aeafa9

#a9aeaf

#aaa9af

Square

#afaaa9

#abafa9

#a9aeaf

#ada9af

Shades

Color #afaaa9 mixed toward black.

#938d8b

#77706f

#595453

#3b3837

#1e1c1c

Tints

Color #afaaa9 mixed toward white.

#bcb8b7

#cac6c6

#d7d5d4

#e4e3e2

#f2f1f1

Tones

Color #afaaa9 mixed toward gray.

#afaaaa

#aeabaa

#aeabab

#adabab

#adacac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adada9 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#adaea9 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#afa9a9 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 2.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afaaa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaaa9]

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Frequently asked questions

#afaaa9 (#afaaa9) is rgb(175, 170, 169) in RGB.

No, #afaaa9 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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