#8e4e54

Color #8e4e54

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 25.04 Nearest Tailwind class rose-800 #a50036 · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8e4e54

RGB

rgb(142, 78, 84)

HSL

hsl(354.4, 29.1%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(354.4, 45.1%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 40.8%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(40.96, 27.53, 8.41)

LCH

lch(40.96, 28.79, 16.99)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.0861, 14.67)

HWB

hwb(354.4, 30.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e8e88

Analogous

#8e4e74

#8e4e54

#8e684e

Triadic

#8e4e54

#548e4e

#4e548e

Split-complementary

#8e4e54

#4e8e68

#4e748e

Tetradic

#8e4e54

#8e884e

#4e8e88

#4e548e

Square

#8e4e54

#748e4e

#4e8e88

#684e8e

Shades

Color #8e4e54 mixed toward black.

#764146

#5f3438

#47272a

#2f1a1c

#180d0e

Tints

Color #8e4e54 mixed toward white.

#a96369

#ba8287

#cca1a5

#ddc1c3

#eee0e1

Tones

Color #8e4e54 mixed toward gray.

#895358

#83595d

#7e5e61

#796365

#73696a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787753 · ΔE 32.2

Deuteranopia

#7b7f52 · ΔE 35.7

Tritanopia

#8c5151 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e4e54;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e4e54]

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Frequently asked questions

#8e4e54 (#8e4e54) is rgb(142, 78, 84) in RGB.

No, #8e4e54 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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