#8b5c50

Color #8b5c50

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 21.41 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b5c50

RGB

rgb(139, 92, 80)

HSL

hsl(12.2, 26.9%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12.2, 42.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 42.4%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(43.83, 17.73, 14.77)

LCH

lch(43.83, 23.08, 39.8)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.0651, 34.93)

HWB

hwb(12.2, 31.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#507f8b

Analogous

#8b5061

#8b5c50

#8b7950

Triadic

#8b5c50

#508b5c

#5c508b

Split-complementary

#8b5c50

#508b79

#50618b

Tetradic

#8b5c50

#7f8b50

#507f8b

#5c508b

Square

#8b5c50

#618b50

#507f8b

#79508b

Shades

Color #8b5c50 mixed toward black.

#744d43

#5d3d35

#452e28

#2e1f1b

#170f0d

Tints

Color #8b5c50 mixed toward white.

#a67265

#b88e84

#caaba3

#dcc7c1

#ede3e0

Tones

Color #8b5c50 mixed toward gray.

#865f55

#81625a

#7c655f

#776864

#726a68

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.74:1

White text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797953 · ΔE 25.4

Deuteranopia

#7c7f54 · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#895556 · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b5c50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b5c50]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Tomato #ff6347

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#8b5c50 (#8b5c50) is rgb(139, 92, 80) in RGB.

No, #8b5c50 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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