#9b8585

Color #9b8585

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9b8585

RGB

rgb(155, 133, 133)

HSL

hsl(0, 9.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 14.2%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 14.2%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(57.5, 8.34, 3.09)

LCH

lch(57.5, 8.89, 20.33)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.0269, 17.96)

HWB

hwb(0, 52.2%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#859b9b

Analogous

#9b8590

#9b8585

#9b9085

Triadic

#9b8585

#859b85

#85859b

Split-complementary

#9b8585

#859b90

#85909b

Tetradic

#9b8585

#9b9b85

#859b9b

#85859b

Square

#9b8585

#909b85

#859b9b

#90859b

Shades

Color #9b8585 mixed toward black.

#846c6c

#6a5757

#4f4141

#352b2b

#1a1616

Tints

Color #9b8585 mixed toward white.

#ac9999

#bcaeae

#cdc2c2

#ded6d6

#eeebeb

Tones

Color #9b8585 mixed toward gray.

#998787

#978989

#968b8b

#948c8c

#928e8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929285 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#939585 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#9a8585 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b8585;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b8585]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#9b8585 (#9b8585) is rgb(155, 133, 133) in RGB.

No, #9b8585 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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