#aaa5a0

Color #aaa5a0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.55 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aaa5a0

RGB

rgb(170, 165, 160)

HSL

hsl(30, 5.6%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 5.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 5.9%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.02, 0.88, 3.22)

LCH

lch(68.02, 3.34, 74.71)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0092, 67.62)

HWB

hwb(30, 62.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a5aa

Analogous

#aaa0a0

#aaa5a0

#aaaaa0

Triadic

#aaa5a0

#a0aaa5

#a5a0aa

Split-complementary

#aaa5a0

#a0aaaa

#a0a0aa

Tetradic

#aaa5a0

#a5aaa0

#a0a5aa

#a5a0aa

Square

#aaa5a0

#a0aaa0

#a0a5aa

#aaa0aa

Shades

Color #aaa5a0 mixed toward black.

#908983

#746e68

#57524e

#3a3734

#1d1b1a

Tints

Color #aaa5a0 mixed toward white.

#b8b4b0

#c6c3c0

#d5d2cf

#e3e1df

#f1f0ef

Tones

Color #aaa5a0 mixed toward gray.

#a9a5a1

#a8a5a2

#a7a5a3

#a6a5a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8a1 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#a8a9a2 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#aaa2a2 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 3.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaa5a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaa5a0]

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Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#aaa5a0 (#aaa5a0) is rgb(170, 165, 160) in RGB.

No, #aaa5a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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