#957973

Color #957973

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 12.35 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#957973

RGB

rgb(149, 121, 115)

HSL

hsl(10.6, 13.8%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(10.6, 22.8%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 22.8%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(53.28, 9.89, 7.39)

LCH

lch(53.28, 12.35, 36.77)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0363, 32.16)

HWB

hwb(10.6, 45.1%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#738f95

Analogous

#95737e

#957973

#958a73

Triadic

#957973

#739579

#797395

Split-complementary

#957973

#73958a

#737e95

Tetradic

#957973

#8f9573

#738f95

#797395

Square

#957973

#7e9573

#738f95

#8a7395

Shades

Color #957973 mixed toward black.

#7d645f

#64504c

#4b3c39

#322826

#191413

Tints

Color #957973 mixed toward white.

#a78f8a

#b8a6a2

#cabcb9

#dcd2d0

#ede9e8

Tones

Color #957973 mixed toward gray.

#927b76

#8f7d79

#8d7f7c

#8a807e

#878281

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a74 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#8b8d75 · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#947676 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 12.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #957973;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#957973]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#957973 (#957973) is rgb(149, 121, 115) in RGB.

No, #957973 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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