#8b6269

Color #8b6269

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 17.97 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6269

RGB

rgb(139, 98, 105)

HSL

hsl(349.8, 17.3%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.8, 29.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 24.5%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(45.97, 17.7, 2.68)

LCH

lch(45.97, 17.9, 8.61)

OKLCH

oklch(54.1%, 0.0541, 7.76)

HWB

hwb(349.8, 38.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#628b84

Analogous

#8b627e

#8b6269

#8b7062

Triadic

#8b6269

#698b62

#62698b

Split-complementary

#8b6269

#628b70

#627e8b

Tetradic

#8b6269

#8b8462

#628b84

#62698b

Square

#8b6269

#7e8b62

#628b84

#70628b

Shades

Color #8b6269 mixed toward black.

#745258

#5d4146

#463135

#2e2123

#171012

Tints

Color #8b6269 mixed toward white.

#a17a80

#b4949a

#c7afb3

#d9cacc

#ece4e6

Tones

Color #8b6269 mixed toward gray.

#88656b

#84696e

#816c70

#7d7072

#7a7374

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.05:1

White text reads better on this background (5.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b67 · ΔE 26

Deuteranopia

#7e8067 · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#896666 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6269;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6269]

Related colors

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

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Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8b6269 (#8b6269) is rgb(139, 98, 105) in RGB.

No, #8b6269 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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