#8b5f6e

Color #8b5f6e

A muted medium pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 20.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b5f6e

RGB

rgb(139, 95, 110)

HSL

hsl(339.5, 18.8%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(339.5, 31.7%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 20.9%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(45.36, 20.26, -1.22)

LCH

lch(45.36, 20.3, 356.55)

OKLCH

oklch(53.7%, 0.0608, 357.26)

HWB

hwb(339.5, 37.3%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f8b7c

Analogous

#8b5f84

#8b5f6e

#8b665f

Triadic

#8b5f6e

#6e8b5f

#5f6e8b

Split-complementary

#8b5f6e

#5f8b66

#5f848b

Tetradic

#8b5f6e

#8b7c5f

#5f8b7c

#5f6e8b

Square

#8b5f6e

#848b5f

#5f8b7c

#665f8b

Shades

Color #8b5f6e mixed toward black.

#744f5c

#5d3f49

#463037

#2e2025

#171012

Tints

Color #8b5f6e mixed toward white.

#a27685

#b4929e

#c7adb6

#dac8ce

#ece4e7

Tones

Color #8b5f6e mixed toward gray.

#87636f

#846670

#806a72

#7c6e73

#797174

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.96:1

White text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a6b · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#7d806a · ΔE 30.9

Tritanopia

#896867 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 17.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b5f6e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b5f6e]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Frequently asked questions

#8b5f6e (#8b5f6e) is rgb(139, 95, 110) in RGB.

No, #8b5f6e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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