#a9695e

Color #a9695e

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 17.83 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 14.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a9695e

RGB

rgb(169, 105, 94)

HSL

hsl(8.8, 30.4%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.8, 44.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 44.4%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(51.09, 24.34, 16.97)

LCH

lch(51.09, 29.67, 34.88)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0847, 30.35)

HWB

hwb(8.8, 36.9%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e9ea9

Analogous

#a95e79

#a9695e

#a98f5e

Triadic

#a9695e

#5ea969

#695ea9

Split-complementary

#a9695e

#5ea98f

#5e79a9

Tetradic

#a9695e

#9ea95e

#5e9ea9

#695ea9

Square

#a9695e

#79a95e

#5e9ea9

#8f5ea9

Shades

Color #a9695e mixed toward black.

#8f564c

#72453d

#56342e

#39221f

#1d110f

Tints

Color #a9695e mixed toward white.

#b78279

#c69b94

#d4b4af

#e2cdc9

#f1e6e4

Tones

Color #a9695e mixed toward gray.

#a36d64

#9d726b

#967671

#907b77

#8a7f7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929161 · ΔE 29.1

Deuteranopia

#959961 · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#a76363 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9695e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9695e]

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Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#a9695e (#a9695e) is rgb(169, 105, 94) in RGB.

No, #a9695e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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