#aca6a5

Color #aca6a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.44 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aca6a5

RGB

rgb(172, 166, 165)

HSL

hsl(8.6, 4%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.6, 4.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 4.1%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(68.58, 1.97, 1.28)

LCH

lch(68.58, 2.35, 33.01)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0071, 28.74)

HWB

hwb(8.6, 64.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5abac

Analogous

#aca5a8

#aca6a5

#acaaa5

Triadic

#aca6a5

#a5aca6

#a6a5ac

Split-complementary

#aca6a5

#a5acaa

#a5a8ac

Tetradic

#aca6a5

#abaca5

#a5abac

#a6a5ac

Square

#aca6a5

#a8aca5

#a5abac

#aaa5ac

Shades

Color #aca6a5 mixed toward black.

#918988

#756d6c

#585251

#3a3736

#1d1b1b

Tints

Color #aca6a5 mixed toward white.

#bab5b4

#c8c4c3

#d6d3d2

#e3e1e1

#f1f0f0

Tones

Color #aca6a5 mixed toward gray.

#aba6a6

#aba7a6

#aaa7a7

#aaa8a7

#a9a8a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9a5 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#aaaaa5 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#aca5a5 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aca6a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca6a5]

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Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#aca6a5 (#aca6a5) is rgb(172, 166, 165) in RGB.

No, #aca6a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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