#987c78

Color #987c78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 11.41 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#987c78

RGB

rgb(152, 124, 120)

HSL

hsl(7.5, 13.4%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.5, 21.1%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 21.1%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(54.5, 10.15, 6.26)

LCH

lch(54.5, 11.93, 31.66)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0354, 27.58)

HWB

hwb(7.5, 47.1%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#789498

Analogous

#987884

#987c78

#988c78

Triadic

#987c78

#78987c

#7c7898

Split-complementary

#987c78

#78988c

#788498

Tetradic

#987c78

#949878

#789498

#7c7898

Square

#987c78

#849878

#789498

#8c7898

Shades

Color #987c78 mixed toward black.

#806662

#67524e

#4d3d3b

#332927

#1a1414

Tints

Color #987c78 mixed toward white.

#a9928e

#baa8a5

#cbbdbb

#ddd3d2

#eee9e8

Tones

Color #987c78 mixed toward gray.

#957e7b

#93807d

#908280

#8d8483

#8b8685

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8c79 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#8e9079 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#977a7a · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #987c78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#987c78]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#987c78 (#987c78) is rgb(152, 124, 120) in RGB.

No, #987c78 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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