#afa5a5

Color #afa5a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.88 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#afa5a5

RGB

rgb(175, 165, 165)

HSL

hsl(0, 5.9%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 5.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(68.56, 3.6, 1.29)

LCH

lch(68.56, 3.82, 19.71)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0116, 17.5)

HWB

hwb(0, 64.7%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5afaf

Analogous

#afa5aa

#afa5a5

#afaaa5

Triadic

#afa5a5

#a5afa5

#a5a5af

Split-complementary

#afa5a5

#a5afaa

#a5aaaf

Tetradic

#afa5a5

#afafa5

#a5afaf

#a5a5af

Square

#afa5a5

#aaafa5

#a5afaf

#aaa5af

Shades

Color #afa5a5 mixed toward black.

#948787

#786b6b

#5a5050

#3c3535

#1e1b1b

Tints

Color #afa5a5 mixed toward white.

#bcb4b4

#cac3c3

#d7d2d2

#e4e1e1

#f2f0f0

Tones

Color #afa5a5 mixed toward gray.

#aea6a6

#ada7a7

#ada8a8

#aca8a8

#aba9a9

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

#ababa5 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#abaca5 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#afa5a5 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 4.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afa5a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa5a5]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#afa5a5 (#afa5a5) is rgb(175, 165, 165) in RGB.

No, #afa5a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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