#8a6e73

Color #8a6e73

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 12.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6e73

RGB

rgb(138, 110, 115)

HSL

hsl(349.3, 11.3%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.3, 20.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 16.7%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(49.24, 11.9, 1.44)

LCH

lch(49.24, 11.99, 6.9)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.0361, 6.36)

HWB

hwb(349.3, 43.1%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e8a85

Analogous

#8a6e81

#8a6e73

#8a776e

Triadic

#8a6e73

#738a6e

#6e738a

Split-complementary

#8a6e73

#6e8a77

#6e818a

Tetradic

#8a6e73

#8a856e

#6e8a85

#6e738a

Square

#8a6e73

#818a6e

#6e8a85

#776e8a

Shades

Color #8a6e73 mixed toward black.

#735c60

#5c494d

#453739

#2e2526

#171213

Tints

Color #8a6e73 mixed toward white.

#9e858a

#b19ea1

#c5b6b9

#d8ced0

#ece7e8

Tones

Color #8a6e73 mixed toward gray.

#887074

#857376

#837577

#817779

#7e7a7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.56:1

White text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f72 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#808272 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#897171 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6e73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6e73]

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Pink #ffc0cb

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Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8a6e73 (#8a6e73) is rgb(138, 110, 115) in RGB.

No, #8a6e73 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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