#afaca6

Color #afaca6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.66 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#afaca6

RGB

rgb(175, 172, 166)

HSL

hsl(40, 5.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(40, 5.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 5.1%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.44, -0.03, 3.46)

LCH

lch(70.44, 3.46, 90.5)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0091, 84.35)

HWB

hwb(40, 65.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a9af

Analogous

#afa8a6

#afaca6

#aeafa6

Triadic

#afaca6

#a6afac

#aca6af

Split-complementary

#afaca6

#a6aeaf

#a8a6af

Tetradic

#afaca6

#a9afa6

#a6a9af

#aca6af

Square

#afaca6

#a6afa8

#a6a9af

#afa6ae

Shades

Color #afaca6 mixed toward black.

#949088

#78746c

#5a5751

#3c3a36

#1e1d1b

Tints

Color #afaca6 mixed toward white.

#bcbab5

#cac8c4

#d7d6d3

#e4e3e1

#f2f1f0

Tones

Color #afaca6 mixed toward gray.

#aeaca7

#aeaca8

#adaba8

#acaba9

#ababaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaea7 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#aeaea8 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#afa9a9 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 3.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afaca6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afaca6]

Related colors

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Moccasin #ffe4b5

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#afaca6 (#afaca6) is rgb(175, 172, 166) in RGB.

No, #afaca6 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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