#a7a88c Color Information

#a7a88c Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #a7a88c. In RGB, it consists of 65.5% Red, 65.9% Green, and 54.9% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0.6% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 16.7% Yellow, and 34.1% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 62.1°, with saturation of 13.9% and lightness of 60.4%. The decimal value for #a7a88c is 10987660, and its nearest "web safe" color is #999999. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #a7a88c is green. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#a7a88c Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color167, 168, 140 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color65.5%, 65.9%, 54.9% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.345, 0.341, 0.451 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.006, 0, 0.167, 0.341 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color62.1°, 13.9%, 60.4% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color62.1°, 16.7%, 65.9% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color34.673, 38.114, 30.340 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color140, 168, 141 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code10987660 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color68.105, -5.259, 14.376 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)68.105, 15.308, 110.093 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color68.105, 0.908, 20.829 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color61.737, -7.790, 14.078 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.336, 0.370, 38.114 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289177740 / 0xffa7a88c Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#999999 Copy
Last Updated: October 8, 2024

Shades of #a7a88c

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #a7a88c, its pure hue is 62.1° on the color wheel and its saturation is 13.9%, and its lightness is 60.4%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #a7a88c, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #151512 to #92937b.

Tints of #a7a88c

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #a7a88c, its pure hue is 62.1° on the color wheel and its saturation is 13.9%, and its lightness is 60.4%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #a7a88c, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b2b39a to #f4f4f1.

Tones of #a7a88c

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #a7a88c, its pure hue is 62.1° on the color wheel and its saturation is 13.9%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #a7a88c, which range from #9a9a9a (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #f8ff35 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #a7a88c

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #a7a88c! For #a7a88c, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #a7a88c. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #a7a88c

This color, #a7a88c, consists of 65.5% Red, 65.9% Green, and 54.9% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 167, Green = 168, Blue = 140. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #a7a88c is 0.6% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 16.7% Yellow, and 34.1% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R65.5%
C0.6%
G65.9%
M0.0%
B54.9%
Y16.7%
K34.1%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 167 168 140
Octal 247 250 214
Hexa #a7 #a8 #8c
Binary 10100111 10101000 10001100
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 0 16 34
Octal 0 0 20 42
Hexa #00 #00 #10 #22
Binary 00000000 00000000 00010000 00100010

Analogous Colors of #a7a88c

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #a7a88c — which has hue 62.1° — its analogous colors are located at 32.1° and 92.1° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a7a88c.

Triadic Colors of #a7a88c

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #a7a88c — which has hue 62.1° — its triadic colors are located at 62.1° and 302.1° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a7a88c.

Complementary Color of #a7a88c

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #a7a88c — which has hue 62.1° — its complementary color is located at 242.1° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a7a88c.

Split Complementary Colors of #a7a88c

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #a7a88c — which has hue 62.1° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 62.1° and 272.1° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a7a88c.

Tetradic Colors of #a7a88c

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #a7a88c — which has hue 62.1° — its tetradic colors are located at 332.1°, 62.1°, 152.1°, and 242.1° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a7a88c.

Monochromatic Colors of #a7a88c

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #a7a88c, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #6e6f60 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d6d7c2 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #a7a88c

We want to make getting started with #a7a88c on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #a7a88c into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #a7a88c can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #a7a88c with other HTML elements.

#a7a88c Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #a7a88c.
<span style="color: #a7a88c;">The color of this text is #a7a88c.</span>

#a7a88c Background Color

The background color for this text is #a7a88c.
<div style="background-color: #a7a88c; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #a7a88c.</div>

#a7a88c Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #a7a88c.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #a7a88c;">This color for the shadow of this text is #a7a88c.</span>

#a7a88c Border Color

This is a div with border color #a7a88c.
<div style="border: #a7a88c 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #a7a88c.</div>

#a7a88c Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #a7a88c on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a7a88c; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a7a88c on a white background.</div></div>

#a7a88c Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #a7a88c on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a7a88c; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a7a88c on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #a7a88c to White

This is a gradient from #a7a88c to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a7a88c,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a7a88c,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a7a88c,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a7a88c,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a7a88c to white.</div>

Gradient from #a7a88c to Black

This is a gradient from #a7a88c to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a7a88c,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a7a88c,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a7a88c,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a7a88c,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a7a88c to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #a7a88c

In addition to using #a7a88c on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #a7a88c in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #a7a88c, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 167, Green = 168, Blue = 140). If you need details about the color coordinates of #a7a88c in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #a7a88c
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(167, 168, 140)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #a7a88c; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #a7a88c; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #a7a88c; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(167, 168, 140);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#a7a88c")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:167, green:168, blue:140, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:167 green:168 blue:140 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(167f, 168f, 140f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(167, 168, 140);
 

#a7a88c Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #a7a88c the same way. For those with color blindness, #a7a88c might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #a7a88c looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #a7a88c is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #a7a88c looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #a7a88c will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #a7a88c is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.4:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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