#9c827e

Color #9c827e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9c827e

RGB

rgb(156, 130, 126)

HSL

hsl(8, 13.2%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8, 19.2%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 19.2%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(56.62, 9.27, 5.88)

LCH

lch(56.62, 10.98, 32.39)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0327, 28.29)

HWB

hwb(8, 49.4%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e989c

Analogous

#9c7e89

#9c827e

#9c917e

Triadic

#9c827e

#7e9c82

#827e9c

Split-complementary

#9c827e

#7e9c91

#7e899c

Tetradic

#9c827e

#989c7e

#7e989c

#827e9c

Square

#9c827e

#899c7e

#7e989c

#917e9c

Shades

Color #9c827e mixed toward black.

#856a66

#6a5552

#50403d

#352a29

#1b1514

Tints

Color #9c827e mixed toward white.

#ad9793

#bdaca9

#cec0be

#ded5d4

#efeae9

Tones

Color #9c827e mixed toward gray.

#9a8480

#978683

#958785

#928988

#908b8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#91917f · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#93957f · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#9b8080 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c827e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c827e]

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Maroon #800000

Frequently asked questions

#9c827e (#9c827e) is rgb(156, 130, 126) in RGB.

No, #9c827e 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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