Information about #A79494 color

#A79494 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A79494 falls into the Red Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(167, 148, 148) — 65.5% red, 58% green, 58% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 7 / 7 / 35. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#A79494 presents itself as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone — one that floats near the light end of the scale. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Asteroid (#A59692). Nearby in the Register you will also find Triple Milestone (#A59591) and Hazy Lavender (#A49591).

In RGB terms — rgb(167, 148, 148) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. No one has named #A79494 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#A79494 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A79494 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #A79494

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Asteroid color link
Asteroid

#A59692

Imagine color link
Imagine

#A39894

Effervescent color link
Effervescent

#A8988E

Tonto color link
Tonto

#9F9596

Rockbottom color link
Rockbottom

#A29A8E

High Tea color link
High Tea

#A18C90

Iron color link
Iron

#A19D94

Vita Strada color link
Vita Strada

#A1949D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A79494
  • RGB167, 148, 148
  • CMYK0, 7, 7, 35
  • CSSrgb(167, 148, 148)
  • HSL0°, 10%, 62%
  • HSL Precise0°, 9.744%, 61.765%
  • HSV0°, 11%, 65%
  • HSB0°, 11%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.655
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.580
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.580
  • GLSLvec3(0.655, 0.580, 0.580)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.655, 0.580, 0.580, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.655, 0.580, 0.580)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB58%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA79494
  • DECIMAL ID10982548
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01