#8d7979

Color #8d7979

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.28 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8d7979

RGB

rgb(141, 121, 121)

HSL

hsl(0, 8.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 14.2%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 14.2%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(52.64, 7.71, 2.86)

LCH

lch(52.64, 8.22, 20.35)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0248, 17.85)

HWB

hwb(0, 47.5%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#798d8d

Analogous

#8d7983

#8d7979

#8d8379

Triadic

#8d7979

#798d79

#79798d

Split-complementary

#8d7979

#798d83

#79838d

Tetradic

#8d7979

#8d8d79

#798d8d

#79798d

Square

#8d7979

#838d79

#798d8d

#83798d

Shades

Color #8d7979 mixed toward black.

#766464

#5e5050

#473c3c

#2f2828

#181414

Tints

Color #8d7979 mixed toward white.

#a08f8f

#b3a6a6

#c6bcbc

#d9d2d2

#ece9e9

Tones

Color #8d7979 mixed toward gray.

#8b7b7b

#8a7c7c

#887e7e

#868080

#858181

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#858579 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#868779 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#8c7979 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 9.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8d7979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d7979]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#8d7979 (#8d7979) is rgb(141, 121, 121) in RGB.

No, #8d7979 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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