#8e7373

Color #8e7373

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e7373

RGB

rgb(142, 115, 115)

HSL

hsl(0, 10.7%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 19%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19%, 19%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(50.98, 10.57, 4)

LCH

lch(50.98, 11.3, 20.73)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.034, 18.17)

HWB

hwb(0, 45.1%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#738e8e

Analogous

#8e7381

#8e7373

#8e8173

Triadic

#8e7373

#738e73

#73738e

Split-complementary

#8e7373

#738e81

#73818e

Tetradic

#8e7373

#8e8e73

#738e8e

#73738e

Square

#8e7373

#818e73

#738e8e

#81738e

Shades

Color #8e7373 mixed toward black.

#776060

#5f4d4d

#473939

#2f2626

#181313

Tints

Color #8e7373 mixed toward white.

#a18a8a

#b4a2a2

#c7b9b9

#d9d0d0

#ece8e8

Tones

Color #8e7373 mixed toward gray.

#8c7575

#8a7777

#877a7a

#857c7c

#837e7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838373 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#858773 · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#8d7373 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 11.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e7373;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e7373]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#8e7373 (#8e7373) is rgb(142, 115, 115) in RGB.

No, #8e7373 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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