#a16f79

Color #a16f79

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 12.86 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a16f79

RGB

rgb(161, 111, 121)

HSL

hsl(348, 21%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(348, 31.1%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 24.8%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(52.21, 21.31, 2.5)

LCH

lch(52.21, 21.46, 6.69)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0648, 6.03)

HWB

hwb(348, 43.5%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6fa197

Analogous

#a16f92

#a16f79

#a17e6f

Triadic

#a16f79

#79a16f

#6f79a1

Split-complementary

#a16f79

#6fa17e

#6f92a1

Tetradic

#a16f79

#a1976f

#6fa197

#6f79a1

Square

#a16f79

#92a16f

#6fa197

#7e6fa1

Shades

Color #a16f79 mixed toward black.

#895963

#6e484f

#52363b

#372428

#1b1214

Tints

Color #a16f79 mixed toward white.

#b1878f

#c09fa6

#d0b7bc

#e0cfd2

#efe7e9

Tones

Color #a16f79 mixed toward gray.

#9d737b

#99777e

#947b80

#908083

#8c8485

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e77 · ΔE 29

Deuteranopia

#919476 · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#9f7574 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a16f79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a16f79]

Related colors

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Pink #ffc0cb

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#a16f79 (#a16f79) is rgb(161, 111, 121) in RGB.

No, #a16f79 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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