#a69b9d

Color #a69b9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.14 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a69b9d

RGB

rgb(166, 155, 157)

HSL

hsl(349.1, 5.8%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.1, 6.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 5.4%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(64.95, 4.38, 0.4)

LCH

lch(64.95, 4.4, 5.22)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0131, 4.8)

HWB

hwb(349.1, 60.8%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba6a4

Analogous

#a69ba2

#a69b9d

#a69e9b

Triadic

#a69b9d

#9da69b

#9b9da6

Split-complementary

#a69b9d

#9ba69e

#9ba2a6

Tetradic

#a69b9d

#a6a49b

#9ba6a4

#9b9da6

Square

#a69b9d

#a2a69b

#9ba6a4

#9e9ba6

Shades

Color #a69b9d mixed toward black.

#8d7f81

#716567

#554c4d

#393233

#1c191a

Tints

Color #a69b9d mixed toward white.

#b5acad

#c4bcbe

#d2cdce

#e1dede

#f0eeef

Tones

Color #a69b9d mixed toward gray.

#a59c9d

#a49d9e

#a39e9f

#a29f9f

#a19fa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a19d · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#a2a39c · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#a59c9c · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 5.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a69b9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a69b9d]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#a69b9d (#a69b9d) is rgb(166, 155, 157) in RGB.

No, #a69b9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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