#8a656a

Color #8a656a

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8a656a

RGB

rgb(138, 101, 106)

HSL

hsl(351.9, 15.5%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(351.9, 26.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 23.2%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(46.65, 15.69, 3.05)

LCH

lch(46.65, 15.98, 11)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.0483, 9.77)

HWB

hwb(351.9, 39.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#658a85

Analogous

#8a657d

#8a656a

#8a7365

Triadic

#8a656a

#6a8a65

#656a8a

Split-complementary

#8a656a

#658a73

#657d8a

Tetradic

#8a656a

#8a8565

#658a85

#656a8a

Square

#8a656a

#7d8a65

#658a85

#73658a

Shades

Color #8a656a mixed toward black.

#735458

#5c4347

#453335

#2e2223

#171112

Tints

Color #8a656a mixed toward white.

#a07d81

#b3979b

#c6b1b4

#d9cbcd

#ece5e6

Tones

Color #8a656a mixed toward gray.

#87686c

#846b6f

#816e71

#7e7173

#7b7575

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.15:1

White text reads better on this background (5.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7b69 · ΔE 23.3

Deuteranopia

#7e8069 · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#886868 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a656a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a656a]

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Pink #ffc0cb

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8a656a (#8a656a) is rgb(138, 101, 106) in RGB.

No, #8a656a 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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