#8c7579

Color #8c7579

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.94 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8c7579

RGB

rgb(140, 117, 121)

HSL

hsl(349.6, 9.1%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.6, 16.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 13.6%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(51.47, 9.64, 1.15)

LCH

lch(51.47, 9.71, 6.8)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0293, 6.28)

HWB

hwb(349.6, 45.9%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#758c88

Analogous

#8c7585

#8c7579

#8c7d75

Triadic

#8c7579

#798c75

#75798c

Split-complementary

#8c7579

#758c7d

#75858c

Tetradic

#8c7579

#8c8875

#758c88

#75798c

Square

#8c7579

#858c75

#758c88

#7d758c

Shades

Color #8c7579 mixed toward black.

#756165

#5d4e51

#463a3c

#2f2728

#171314

Tints

Color #8c7579 mixed toward white.

#9f8c8f

#b2a3a6

#c6babc

#d9d1d2

#ece8e9

Tones

Color #8c7579 mixed toward gray.

#8a777a

#88797c

#867b7d

#847d7e

#827f7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838278 · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#848678 · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#8b7777 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c7579;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c7579]

Related colors

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Crimson #dc143c

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8c7579 (#8c7579) is rgb(140, 117, 121) in RGB.

No, #8c7579 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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