#afa5a0

Color #afa5a0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.8 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#afa5a0

RGB

rgb(175, 165, 160)

HSL

hsl(20, 8.6%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20, 8.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 8.6%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.43, 2.71, 3.88)

LCH

lch(68.43, 4.73, 55.07)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0137, 48.54)

HWB

hwb(20, 62.7%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0aaaf

Analogous

#afa0a3

#afa5a0

#afada0

Triadic

#afa5a0

#a0afa5

#a5a0af

Split-complementary

#afa5a0

#a0afad

#a0a3af

Tetradic

#afa5a0

#aaafa0

#a0aaaf

#a5a0af

Square

#afa5a0

#a3afa0

#a0aaaf

#ada0af

Shades

Color #afa5a0 mixed toward black.

#968882

#796c66

#5b514d

#3d3633

#1e1b1a

Tints

Color #afa5a0 mixed toward white.

#bcb4b0

#cac3c0

#d7d2d0

#e4e1df

#f2f0ef

Tones

Color #afa5a0 mixed toward gray.

#aea5a1

#ada6a3

#aba6a4

#aaa7a5

#a9a7a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa1 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#abaca2 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#afa2a2 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa5a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa5a0]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Seashell #fff5ee

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Frequently asked questions

#afa5a0 (#afa5a0) is rgb(175, 165, 160) in RGB.

No, #afa5a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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