#8b7873

Color #8b7873

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.6 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b7873

RGB

rgb(139, 120, 115)

HSL

hsl(12.5, 9.4%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12.5, 17.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 17.3%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(52.02, 6.47, 5.45)

LCH

lch(52.02, 8.46, 40.11)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0249, 35.03)

HWB

hwb(12.5, 45.1%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73868b

Analogous

#8b737a

#8b7873

#8b8473

Triadic

#8b7873

#738b78

#78738b

Split-complementary

#8b7873

#738b84

#737a8b

Tetradic

#8b7873

#868b73

#73868b

#78738b

Square

#8b7873

#7a8b73

#73868b

#84738b

Shades

Color #8b7873 mixed toward black.

#746460

#5d504d

#453c3a

#2e2826

#171413

Tints

Color #8b7873 mixed toward white.

#9e8e8a

#b2a5a2

#c5bbb9

#d8d2d0

#ece8e8

Tones

Color #8b7873 mixed toward gray.

#897975

#877a77

#857c79

#837d7b

#817e7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838374 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#848675 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#8a7575 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b7873;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b7873]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Tomato #ff6347

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#8b7873 (#8b7873) is rgb(139, 120, 115) in RGB.

No, #8b7873 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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