#8e7277

Color #8e7277

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 12.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7277

RGB

rgb(142, 114, 119)

HSL

hsl(349.3, 11%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.3, 19.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 16.2%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(50.83, 11.83, 1.41)

LCH

lch(50.83, 11.91, 6.8)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0359, 6.23)

HWB

hwb(349.3, 44.7%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#728e89

Analogous

#8e7285

#8e7277

#8e7b72

Triadic

#8e7277

#778e72

#72778e

Split-complementary

#8e7277

#728e7b

#72858e

Tetradic

#8e7277

#8e8972

#728e89

#72778e

Square

#8e7277

#858e72

#728e89

#7b728e

Shades

Color #8e7277 mixed toward black.

#765f63

#5f4c4f

#47393b

#2f2628

#181314

Tints

Color #8e7277 mixed toward white.

#a18a8e

#b4a1a4

#c6b9bb

#d9d0d2

#ece8e8

Tones

Color #8e7277 mixed toward gray.

#8c7479

#89777a

#87797c

#857b7d

#827e7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.82:1

Black 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

#838376 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#848676 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#8d7575 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7277;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7277]

Related colors

Pink #ffc0cb

Crimson #dc143c

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8e7277 (#8e7277) is rgb(142, 114, 119) in RGB.

No, #8e7277 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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