#8a7b7d

Color #8a7b7d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 6.22 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a7b7d

RGB

rgb(138, 123, 125)

HSL

hsl(352, 6%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(352, 10.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 9.4%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(53, 6.11, 1.01)

LCH

lch(53, 6.19, 9.39)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0187, 8.61)

HWB

hwb(352, 48.2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b8a88

Analogous

#8a7b85

#8a7b7d

#8a817b

Triadic

#8a7b7d

#7d8a7b

#7b7d8a

Split-complementary

#8a7b7d

#7b8a81

#7b858a

Tetradic

#8a7b7d

#8a887b

#7b8a88

#7b7d8a

Square

#8a7b7d

#858a7b

#7b8a88

#817b8a

Shades

Color #8a7b7d mixed toward black.

#736668

#5c5253

#453d3e

#2e292a

#171415

Tints

Color #8a7b7d mixed toward white.

#9e9193

#b1a7a8

#c5bdbe

#d8d3d4

#ece9e9

Tones

Color #8a7b7d mixed toward gray.

#897c7e

#887e7f

#867f80

#858081

#848182

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#84847d · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#85867c · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#897c7c · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a7b7d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a7b7d]

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Frequently asked questions

#8a7b7d (#8a7b7d) is rgb(138, 123, 125) in RGB.

No, #8a7b7d 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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