#aa9f98

Color #aa9f98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.53 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9f98

RGB

rgb(170, 159, 152)

HSL

hsl(23.3, 9.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(23.3, 10.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 10.6%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(66.22, 2.76, 5.09)

LCH

lch(66.22, 5.79, 61.53)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0164, 54.95)

HWB

hwb(23.3, 59.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98a3aa

Analogous

#aa989a

#aa9f98

#aaa898

Triadic

#aa9f98

#98aa9f

#9f98aa

Split-complementary

#aa9f98

#98aaa8

#989aaa

Tetradic

#aa9f98

#a3aa98

#98a3aa

#9f98aa

Square

#aa9f98

#9aaa98

#98a3aa

#a898aa

Shades

Color #aa9f98 mixed toward black.

#92837a

#766961

#584f49

#3b3430

#1d1a18

Tints

Color #aa9f98 mixed toward white.

#b8afa9

#c6bfba

#d4cfcb

#e3dfdd

#f1efee

Tones

Color #aa9f98 mixed toward gray.

#a89f99

#a7a09b

#a5a09c

#a4a09e

#a2a19f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a59a · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#a6a79a · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#a99b9b · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 5.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9f98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9f98]

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Frequently asked questions

#aa9f98 (#aa9f98) is rgb(170, 159, 152) in RGB.

No, #aa9f98 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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