#9f6666

Color #9f6666

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 15.79 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9f6666

RGB

rgb(159, 102, 102)

HSL

hsl(0, 22.9%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 35.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 35.8%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(49.29, 22.97, 9.56)

LCH

lch(49.29, 24.88, 22.6)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.074, 19.59)

HWB

hwb(0, 40%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#669f9f

Analogous

#9f6683

#9f6666

#9f8366

Triadic

#9f6666

#669f66

#66669f

Split-complementary

#9f6666

#669f83

#66839f

Tetradic

#9f6666

#9f9f66

#669f9f

#66669f

Square

#9f6666

#839f66

#669f9f

#83669f

Shades

Color #9f6666 mixed toward black.

#865454

#6b4343

#503232

#352222

#1b1111

Tints

Color #9f6666 mixed toward white.

#af8080

#bf9999

#cfb3b3

#dfcccc

#efe6e6

Tones

Color #9f6666 mixed toward gray.

#9a6b6b

#967070

#917474

#8c7979

#877e7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.57:1

White text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a66 · ΔE 30.2

Deuteranopia

#8d9166 · ΔE 32.8

Tritanopia

#9d6666 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 19.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9f6666;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f6666]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#9f6666 (#9f6666) is rgb(159, 102, 102) in RGB.

No, #9f6666 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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