#a49e9e

Color #a49e9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.31 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a49e9e

RGB

rgb(164, 158, 158)

HSL

hsl(0, 3.2%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 3.7%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(65.6, 2.17, 0.77)

LCH

lch(65.6, 2.3, 19.54)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.007, 17.4)

HWB

hwb(0, 62%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea4a4

Analogous

#a49ea1

#a49e9e

#a4a19e

Triadic

#a49e9e

#9ea49e

#9e9ea4

Split-complementary

#a49e9e

#9ea4a1

#9ea1a4

Tetradic

#a49e9e

#a4a49e

#9ea4a4

#9e9ea4

Square

#a49e9e

#a1a49e

#9ea4a4

#a19ea4

Shades

Color #a49e9e mixed toward black.

#8a8282

#6f6868

#534e4e

#373434

#1c1a1a

Tints

Color #a49e9e mixed toward white.

#b3aeae

#c2bebe

#d1cece

#e1dfdf

#f0efef

Tones

Color #a49e9e mixed toward gray.

#a39e9e

#a39f9f

#a29f9f

#a2a0a0

#a1a0a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a19e · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#a2a29e · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#a49e9e · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 3.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a49e9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a49e9e]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a49e9e (#a49e9e) is rgb(164, 158, 158) in RGB.

No, #a49e9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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