#7e7173

Color #7e7173

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.05 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#7e7173

RGB

rgb(126, 113, 115)

HSL

hsl(350.8, 5.4%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(350.8, 10.3%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 8.7%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(48.86, 5.42, 0.74)

LCH

lch(48.86, 5.47, 7.77)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.0164, 7)

HWB

hwb(350.8, 44.3%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#717e7c

Analogous

#7e717a

#7e7173

#7e7671

Triadic

#7e7173

#737e71

#71737e

Split-complementary

#7e7173

#717e76

#717a7e

Tetradic

#7e7173

#7e7c71

#717e7c

#71737e

Square

#7e7173

#7a7e71

#717e7c

#76717e

Shades

Color #7e7173 mixed toward black.

#695e60

#544b4d

#3f393a

#2a2626

#151313

Tints

Color #7e7173 mixed toward white.

#94888a

#aaa0a1

#bfb8b9

#d4cfd0

#eae7e8

Tones

Color #7e7173 mixed toward gray.

#7d7274

#7c7375

#7b7475

#7a7576

#797777

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797873 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#797a72 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#7d7272 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 6.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7e7173;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7e7173]

Related colors

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pink #ffc0cb

Crimson #dc143c

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#7e7173 (#7e7173) is rgb(126, 113, 115) in RGB.

No, #7e7173 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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