#9b796f

Color #9b796f

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 11.82 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9b796f

RGB

rgb(155, 121, 111)

HSL

hsl(13.6, 18%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(13.6, 28.4%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 28.4%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(53.81, 11.7, 10.55)

LCH

lch(53.81, 15.75, 42.04)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0453, 37.02)

HWB

hwb(13.6, 43.5%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f919b

Analogous

#9b6f7b

#9b796f

#9b8f6f

Triadic

#9b796f

#6f9b79

#796f9b

Split-complementary

#9b796f

#6f9b8f

#6f7b9b

Tetradic

#9b796f

#919b6f

#6f919b

#796f9b

Square

#9b796f

#7b9b6f

#6f919b

#8f6f9b

Shades

Color #9b796f mixed toward black.

#83645b

#695049

#4f3c37

#342824

#1a1412

Tints

Color #9b796f mixed toward white.

#ac8f87

#bca69f

#cdbcb7

#ded2cf

#eee9e7

Tones

Color #9b796f mixed toward gray.

#977b73

#947d76

#907f7a

#8c817e

#898381

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8d72 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#8f9272 · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#9a7374 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b796f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b796f]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Tomato #ff6347

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#9b796f (#9b796f) is rgb(155, 121, 111) in RGB.

No, #9b796f 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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