#8e4b40

Color #8e4b40

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Sienna #a0522d · ΔE 17.07 Nearest Tailwind class orange-900 #7e2a0c · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e4b40

RGB

rgb(142, 75, 64)

HSL

hsl(8.5, 37.9%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.5, 54.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 54.9%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(39.84, 27.08, 19.19)

LCH

lch(39.84, 33.19, 35.32)

OKLCH

oklch(49.2%, 0.0928, 30.49)

HWB

hwb(8.5, 25.1%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#40838e

Analogous

#8e405c

#8e4b40

#8e7240

Triadic

#8e4b40

#408e4b

#4b408e

Split-complementary

#8e4b40

#408e72

#405c8e

Tetradic

#8e4b40

#838e40

#40838e

#4b408e

Square

#8e4b40

#5c8e40

#40838e

#72408e

Shades

Color #8e4b40 mixed toward black.

#763f35

#5f322b

#472620

#2f1915

#180d0b

Tints

Color #8e4b40 mixed toward white.

#b05e50

#c07e73

#d09e96

#e0bfb9

#efdfdc

Tones

Color #8e4b40 mixed toward gray.

#885046

#81544d

#7b5953

#745e5a

#6e6261

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.23:1

White text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777643 · ΔE 30.3

Deuteranopia

#7a7f44 · ΔE 33.9

Tritanopia

#8c4545 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e4b40;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e4b40]

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Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#8e4b40 (#8e4b40) is rgb(142, 75, 64) in RGB.

No, #8e4b40 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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