#aca8a6

Color #aca8a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.87 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#aca8a6

RGB

rgb(172, 168, 166)

HSL

hsl(20, 3.5%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20, 3.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 3.5%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.13, 1.06, 1.54)

LCH

lch(69.13, 1.87, 55.46)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0055, 48.72)

HWB

hwb(20, 65.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6aaac

Analogous

#aca6a7

#aca8a6

#acaba6

Triadic

#aca8a6

#a6aca8

#a8a6ac

Split-complementary

#aca8a6

#a6acab

#a6a7ac

Tetradic

#aca8a6

#aaaca6

#a6aaac

#a8a6ac

Square

#aca8a6

#a7aca6

#a6aaac

#aba6ac

Shades

Color #aca8a6 mixed toward black.

#918c89

#756f6d

#575452

#3a3836

#1d1c1b

Tints

Color #aca8a6 mixed toward white.

#bab7b5

#c8c5c4

#d6d4d3

#e3e2e1

#f1f1f0

Tones

Color #aca8a6 mixed toward gray.

#aca8a7

#aba8a7

#aba9a8

#aaa9a8

#aaa9a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaa6 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#ababa7 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#aca7a7 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aca8a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca8a6]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Seashell #fff5ee

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Frequently asked questions

#aca8a6 (#aca8a6) is rgb(172, 168, 166) in RGB.

No, #aca8a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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