#8b6c50

Color #8b6c50

A muted medium orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 22.32 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6c50

RGB

rgb(139, 108, 80)

HSL

hsl(28.5, 26.9%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(28.5, 42.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 42.4%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(48, 8.36, 20.38)

LCH

lch(48, 22.03, 67.7)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0568, 63.3)

HWB

hwb(28.5, 31.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#506f8b

Analogous

#8b5051

#8b6c50

#8b8950

Triadic

#8b6c50

#508b6c

#6c508b

Split-complementary

#8b6c50

#508b89

#50518b

Tetradic

#8b6c50

#6f8b50

#506f8b

#6c508b

Square

#8b6c50

#518b50

#506f8b

#89508b

Shades

Color #8b6c50 mixed toward black.

#745a43

#5d4835

#453628

#2e241b

#17120d

Tints

Color #8b6c50 mixed toward white.

#a68465

#b89d84

#cab5a3

#dccec1

#ede6e0

Tones

Color #8b6c50 mixed toward gray.

#866c55

#816c5a

#7c6d5f

#776d64

#726d68

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.36:1

White text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7e58 · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#80835a · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#8a5d5f · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6c50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6c50]

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Frequently asked questions

#8b6c50 (#8b6c50) is rgb(139, 108, 80) in RGB.

No, #8b6c50 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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