#938a8a

Color #938a8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.86 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#938a8a

RGB

rgb(147, 138, 138)

HSL

hsl(0, 4%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 6.1%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 6.1%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(58.24, 3.35, 1.2)

LCH

lch(58.24, 3.56, 19.71)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0108, 17.26)

HWB

hwb(0, 54.1%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a9393

Analogous

#938a8f

#938a8a

#938f8a

Triadic

#938a8a

#8a938a

#8a8a93

Split-complementary

#938a8a

#8a938f

#8a8f93

Tetradic

#938a8a

#93938a

#8a9393

#8a8a93

Square

#938a8a

#8f938a

#8a9393

#8f8a93

Shades

Color #938a8a mixed toward black.

#7c7272

#635b5b

#4a4444

#312e2e

#191717

Tints

Color #938a8a mixed toward white.

#a59e9e

#b7b1b1

#c9c5c5

#dbd8d8

#edecec

Tones

Color #938a8a mixed toward gray.

#928b8b

#928c8c

#918c8c

#908d8d

#8f8e8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.24:1

Black 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

#8f8f8a · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#90908a · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#938a8a · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 4.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #938a8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#938a8a]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#938a8a (#938a8a) is rgb(147, 138, 138) in RGB.

No, #938a8a 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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