#aea8a5

Color #aea8a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 2.81 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aea8a5

RGB

rgb(174, 168, 165)

HSL

hsl(20, 5.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20, 5.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 5.2%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(69.27, 1.6, 2.31)

LCH

lch(69.27, 2.81, 55.29)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0081, 48.48)

HWB

hwb(20, 64.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5abae

Analogous

#aea5a7

#aea8a5

#aeada5

Triadic

#aea8a5

#a5aea8

#a8a5ae

Split-complementary

#aea8a5

#a5aead

#a5a7ae

Tetradic

#aea8a5

#abaea5

#a5abae

#a8a5ae

Square

#aea8a5

#a7aea5

#a5abae

#ada5ae

Shades

Color #aea8a5 mixed toward black.

#938b87

#776f6b

#595350

#3c3836

#1e1c1b

Tints

Color #aea8a5 mixed toward white.

#bcb7b4

#c9c5c3

#d7d4d2

#e4e2e1

#f2f1f0

Tones

Color #aea8a5 mixed toward gray.

#ada8a6

#ada9a7

#aca9a7

#aba9a8

#aaa9a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa6 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#acaca6 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#aea6a6 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aea8a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aea8a5]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Seashell #fff5ee

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Frequently asked questions

#aea8a5 (#aea8a5) is rgb(174, 168, 165) in RGB.

No, #aea8a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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