#8a6972

Color #8a6972

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium pink.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15.08 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6972

RGB

rgb(138, 105, 114)

HSL

hsl(343.6, 13.6%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(343.6, 23.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 17.4%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(47.91, 14.67, 0.08)

LCH

lch(47.91, 14.67, 0.31)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.044, 0.52)

HWB

hwb(343.6, 41.2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#698a81

Analogous

#8a6982

#8a6972

#8a7069

Triadic

#8a6972

#728a69

#69728a

Split-complementary

#8a6972

#698a70

#69828a

Tetradic

#8a6972

#8a8169

#698a81

#69728a

Square

#8a6972

#828a69

#698a81

#70698a

Shades

Color #8a6972 mixed toward black.

#73575f

#5c464c

#453439

#2e2326

#171113

Tints

Color #8a6972 mixed toward white.

#9f8189

#b29aa0

#c5b3b8

#d9ccd0

#ece6e7

Tones

Color #8a6972 mixed toward gray.

#876c73

#846e74

#827176

#7f7477

#7c7778

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.34:1

White text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d70 · ΔE 21.7

Deuteranopia

#7f816f · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#896e6e · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 14.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6972;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6972]

Related colors

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8a6972 (#8a6972) is rgb(138, 105, 114) in RGB.

No, #8a6972 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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