#9b7f79

Color #9b7f79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 10.8 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9b7f79

RGB

rgb(155, 127, 121)

HSL

hsl(10.6, 14.5%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(10.6, 21.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 21.9%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(55.61, 9.79, 7.31)

LCH

lch(55.61, 12.22, 36.75)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0359, 32.14)

HWB

hwb(10.6, 47.5%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79959b

Analogous

#9b7984

#9b7f79

#9b9079

Triadic

#9b7f79

#799b7f

#7f799b

Split-complementary

#9b7f79

#799b90

#79849b

Tetradic

#9b7f79

#959b79

#79959b

#7f799b

Square

#9b7f79

#849b79

#79959b

#90799b

Shades

Color #9b7f79 mixed toward black.

#846862

#69534f

#4f3f3b

#352a27

#1a1514

Tints

Color #9b7f79 mixed toward white.

#ac948f

#bcaaa6

#cdbfbc

#ded4d2

#eeeae9

Tones

Color #9b7f79 mixed toward gray.

#98817c

#95837f

#928481

#908684

#8d8887

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#908f7a · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#91937b · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#9a7c7c · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9b7f79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9b7f79]

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Coral #ff7f50

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Frequently asked questions

#9b7f79 (#9b7f79) is rgb(155, 127, 121) in RGB.

No, #9b7f79 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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