#caa9ac

Color #caa9ac

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#caa9ac

RGB

rgb(202, 169, 172)

HSL

hsl(354.5, 23.7%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(354.5, 16.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 14.9%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(72.17, 12.5, 2.96)

LCH

lch(72.17, 12.85, 13.32)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.0388, 11.89)

HWB

hwb(354.5, 66.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9cac7

Analogous

#caa9bc

#caa9ac

#cab6a9

Triadic

#caa9ac

#accaa9

#a9acca

Split-complementary

#caa9ac

#a9cab6

#a9bcca

Tetradic

#caa9ac

#cac7a9

#a9cac7

#a9acca

Square

#caa9ac

#bccaa9

#a9cac7

#b6a9ca

Shades

Color #caa9ac mixed toward black.

#b28387

#995e64

#73474b

#4c2f32

#261819

Tints

Color #caa9ac mixed toward white.

#d3b7ba

#dcc6c8

#e4d4d5

#ede2e3

#f6f1f1

Tones

Color #caa9ac mixed toward gray.

#c7acae

#c4aeb0

#c2b1b3

#bfb4b5

#bcb7b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbcab · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#bec1ab · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#c9abab · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #caa9ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#caa9ac]

Related colors

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Pink #ffc0cb

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#caa9ac (#caa9ac) is rgb(202, 169, 172) in RGB.

No, #caa9ac 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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