#a09a99

Color #a09a99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.69 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a09a99

RGB

rgb(160, 154, 153)

HSL

hsl(8.6, 3.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.6, 4.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 4.4%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(64.07, 2, 1.3)

LCH

lch(64.07, 2.39, 33.02)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.0072, 29.05)

HWB

hwb(8.6, 60%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#999fa0

Analogous

#a0999c

#a09a99

#a09e99

Triadic

#a09a99

#99a09a

#9a99a0

Split-complementary

#a09a99

#99a09e

#999ca0

Tetradic

#a09a99

#9fa099

#999fa0

#9a99a0

Square

#a09a99

#9ca099

#999fa0

#9e99a0

Shades

Color #a09a99 mixed toward black.

#877f7e

#6c6665

#514c4b

#363332

#1b1919

Tints

Color #a09a99 mixed toward white.

#b0abaa

#c0bcbb

#d0cdcc

#dfdddd

#efeeee

Tones

Color #a09a99 mixed toward gray.

#a09a9a

#9f9b9a

#9e9b9b

#9e9c9b

#9d9c9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9d99 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9e9e99 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#a09999 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a09a99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a09a99]

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Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#a09a99 (#a09a99) is rgb(160, 154, 153) in RGB.

No, #a09a99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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