#8a5751

Color #8a5751

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 22.13 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a5751

RGB

rgb(138, 87, 81)

HSL

hsl(6.3, 26%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.3, 41.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 37%, 41.3%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(42.48, 20.35, 12.29)

LCH

lch(42.48, 23.77, 31.13)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.0691, 27.05)

HWB

hwb(6.3, 31.8%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#51848a

Analogous

#8a5167

#8a5751

#8a7351

Triadic

#8a5751

#518a57

#57518a

Split-complementary

#8a5751

#518a73

#51678a

Tetradic

#8a5751

#848a51

#51848a

#57518a

Square

#8a5751

#678a51

#51848a

#73518a

Shades

Color #8a5751 mixed toward black.

#734843

#5c3a36

#452b28

#2e1d1b

#170e0d

Tints

Color #8a5751 mixed toward white.

#a56d66

#b78a85

#c9a7a3

#dbc4c2

#ede2e0

Tones

Color #8a5751 mixed toward gray.

#855b56

#805e5a

#7c625f

#776664

#726a69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.56:1

White text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777753 · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#7a7d53 · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#885454 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a5751;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a5751]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#8a5751 (#8a5751) is rgb(138, 87, 81) in RGB.

No, #8a5751 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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