#a6958f

Color #a6958f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#a6958f

RGB

rgb(166, 149, 143)

HSL

hsl(15.7, 11.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(15.7, 13.9%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 13.9%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(63, 5.25, 5.46)

LCH

lch(63, 7.57, 46.12)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0221, 40.6)

HWB

hwb(15.7, 56.1%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8fa0a6

Analogous

#a68f95

#a6958f

#a6a18f

Triadic

#a6958f

#8fa695

#958fa6

Split-complementary

#a6958f

#8fa6a1

#8f95a6

Tetradic

#a6958f

#a0a68f

#8fa0a6

#958fa6

Square

#a6958f

#95a68f

#8fa0a6

#a18fa6

Shades

Color #a6958f mixed toward black.

#8f7a72

#73615b

#564944

#39312e

#1d1817

Tints

Color #a6958f mixed toward white.

#b5a7a2

#c4b8b4

#d2cac7

#e1dcda

#f0edec

Tones

Color #a6958f mixed toward gray.

#a49691

#a29793

#a09895

#9e9997

#9c9a99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9f90 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#a0a191 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#a59292 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6958f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6958f]

Related colors

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#a6958f (#a6958f) is rgb(166, 149, 143) in RGB.

No, #a6958f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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