#a78c84

Color #a78c84

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 8.84 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a78c84

RGB

rgb(167, 140, 132)

HSL

hsl(13.7, 16.6%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(13.7, 21%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 21%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(60.46, 8.88, 8.07)

LCH

lch(60.46, 12, 42.26)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.035, 37.1)

HWB

hwb(13.7, 51.8%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#849fa7

Analogous

#a7848d

#a78c84

#a79d84

Triadic

#a78c84

#84a78c

#8c84a7

Split-complementary

#a78c84

#84a79d

#848da7

Tetradic

#a78c84

#9fa784

#849fa7

#8c84a7

Square

#a78c84

#8da784

#849fa7

#9d84a7

Shades

Color #a78c84 mixed toward black.

#917168

#745b53

#57443e

#3a2d2a

#1d1715

Tints

Color #a78c84 mixed toward white.

#b69f98

#c4b2ad

#d3c5c1

#e2d9d6

#f0ecea

Tones

Color #a78c84 mixed toward gray.

#a48d87

#a18f8a

#9e918d

#9b9290

#989493

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9c86 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#9ea086 · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#a68888 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a78c84;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a78c84]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

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Light Salmon #ffa07a

Tomato #ff6347

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#a78c84 (#a78c84) is rgb(167, 140, 132) in RGB.

No, #a78c84 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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