#8b6c74

Color #8b6c74

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium pink.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.35 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b6c74

RGB

rgb(139, 108, 116)

HSL

hsl(344.5, 12.6%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(344.5, 22.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 16.5%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(48.85, 13.64, 0.28)

LCH

lch(48.85, 13.64, 1.18)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.0409, 1.26)

HWB

hwb(344.5, 42.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c8b83

Analogous

#8b6c83

#8b6c74

#8b736c

Triadic

#8b6c74

#748b6c

#6c748b

Split-complementary

#8b6c74

#6c8b73

#6c838b

Tetradic

#8b6c74

#8b836c

#6c8b83

#6c748b

Square

#8b6c74

#838b6c

#6c8b83

#736c8b

Shades

Color #8b6c74 mixed toward black.

#745a61

#5d484d

#45363a

#2e2427

#171213

Tints

Color #8b6c74 mixed toward white.

#9f848b

#b29ca2

#c5b5b9

#d9ced0

#ece6e8

Tones

Color #8b6c74 mixed toward gray.

#886e75

#867176

#837478

#817679

#7e797a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7e72 · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#808372 · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#8a7170 · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b6c74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b6c74]

Related colors

Crimson #dc143c

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8b6c74 (#8b6c74) is rgb(139, 108, 116) in RGB.

No, #8b6c74 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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