#c9a3aa

Color #c9a3aa

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 8.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9a3aa

RGB

rgb(201, 163, 170)

HSL

hsl(348.9, 26%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(348.9, 18.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 15.4%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(70.54, 15.08, 1.68)

LCH

lch(70.54, 15.17, 6.36)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0456, 5.79)

HWB

hwb(348.9, 63.9%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3c9c2

Analogous

#c9a3bd

#c9a3aa

#c9afa3

Triadic

#c9a3aa

#aac9a3

#a3aac9

Split-complementary

#c9a3aa

#a3c9af

#a3bdc9

Tetradic

#c9a3aa

#c9c2a3

#a3c9c2

#a3aac9

Square

#c9a3aa

#bdc9a3

#a3c9c2

#afa3c9

Shades

Color #c9a3aa mixed toward black.

#b37d87

#995a65

#73434c

#4c2d33

#261619

Tints

Color #c9a3aa mixed toward white.

#d2b2b8

#dbc2c6

#e4d1d5

#ede0e3

#f6f0f1

Tones

Color #c9a3aa mixed toward gray.

#c6a6ac

#c3a9ae

#c0adb0

#bcb0b2

#b9b3b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bab9a8 · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#bcbfa8 · ΔE 26.2

Tritanopia

#c7a7a7 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 15

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9a3aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9a3aa]

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Frequently asked questions

#c9a3aa (#c9a3aa) is rgb(201, 163, 170) in RGB.

No, #c9a3aa 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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