#8a6a66

Color #8a6a66

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.49 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a6a66

RGB

rgb(138, 106, 102)

HSL

hsl(6.7, 15%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.7, 26.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 26.1%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(47.84, 12.12, 7.16)

LCH

lch(47.84, 14.08, 30.57)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0417, 26.63)

HWB

hwb(6.7, 40%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#66868a

Analogous

#8a6674

#8a6a66

#8a7c66

Triadic

#8a6a66

#668a6a

#6a668a

Split-complementary

#8a6a66

#668a7c

#66748a

Tetradic

#8a6a66

#868a66

#66868a

#6a668a

Square

#8a6a66

#748a66

#66868a

#7c668a

Shades

Color #8a6a66 mixed toward black.

#735855

#5c4744

#453533

#2e2322

#171211

Tints

Color #8a6a66 mixed toward white.

#9f817e

#b39b98

#c6b4b1

#d9cdcb

#ece6e5

Tones

Color #8a6a66 mixed toward gray.

#876c69

#846f6c

#81716f

#7e7372

#7b7675

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.33:1

White text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d67 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#7f8167 · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#896868 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a6a66;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a6a66]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#8a6a66 (#8a6a66) is rgb(138, 106, 102) in RGB.

No, #8a6a66 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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