#8a5255

Color #8a5255

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 23.3 Nearest Tailwind class rose-800 #a50036 · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5255

RGB

rgb(138, 82, 85)

HSL

hsl(356.8, 25.5%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(356.8, 40.6%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 38.4%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(41.37, 23.76, 8.28)

LCH

lch(41.37, 25.16, 19.21)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.0751, 16.63)

HWB

hwb(356.8, 32.2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#528a87

Analogous

#8a5271

#8a5255

#8a6b52

Triadic

#8a5255

#558a52

#52558a

Split-complementary

#8a5255

#528a6b

#52718a

Tetradic

#8a5255

#8a8752

#528a87

#52558a

Square

#8a5255

#718a52

#528a87

#6b528a

Shades

Color #8a5255 mixed toward black.

#734447

#5c3739

#45292a

#2e1b1c

#170e0e

Tints

Color #8a5255 mixed toward white.

#a5676b

#b78688

#c9a4a6

#dbc2c4

#ede1e1

Tones

Color #8a5255 mixed toward gray.

#855759

#815b5d

#7c6061

#776566

#73696a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767554 · ΔE 30.2

Deuteranopia

#797c54 · ΔE 33

Tritanopia

#885454 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5255;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5255]

Related colors

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Pink #ffc0cb

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8a5255 (#8a5255) is rgb(138, 82, 85) in RGB.

No, #8a5255 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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