#aa9796

Color #aa9796

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.11 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9796

RGB

rgb(170, 151, 150)

HSL

hsl(3, 10.5%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(3, 11.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 11.8%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.07, 6.84, 3.09)

LCH

lch(64.07, 7.51, 24.31)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0226, 21.24)

HWB

hwb(3, 58.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96a9aa

Analogous

#aa969f

#aa9796

#aaa196

Triadic

#aa9796

#96aa97

#9796aa

Split-complementary

#aa9796

#96aaa1

#969faa

Tetradic

#aa9796

#a9aa96

#96a9aa

#9796aa

Square

#aa9796

#9faa96

#96a9aa

#a196aa

Shades

Color #aa9796 mixed toward black.

#927a78

#76615f

#584848

#3b3030

#1d1818

Tints

Color #aa9796 mixed toward white.

#b8a8a7

#c6bab9

#d4cbca

#e3dcdc

#f1eeed

Tones

Color #aa9796 mixed toward gray.

#a89898

#a79a99

#a59b9b

#a39d9d

#a29e9e

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

#a2a296 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#a3a596 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#a99696 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9796;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9796]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#aa9796 (#aa9796) is rgb(170, 151, 150) in RGB.

No, #aa9796 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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