#a8493e

Color #a8493e

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Indian Red #cd5c5c · ΔE 12.49 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a8493e

RGB

rgb(168, 73, 62)

HSL

hsl(6.2, 46.1%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.2, 63.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 63.1%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(43.42, 38.29, 25.8)

LCH

lch(43.42, 46.17, 33.97)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.1277, 28.79)

HWB

hwb(6.2, 24.3%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e9da8

Analogous

#a83e68

#a8493e

#a87e3e

Triadic

#a8493e

#3ea849

#493ea8

Split-complementary

#a8493e

#3ea87e

#3e68a8

Tetradic

#a8493e

#9da83e

#3e9da8

#493ea8

Square

#a8493e

#68a83e

#3e9da8

#7e3ea8

Shades

Color #a8493e mixed toward black.

#8c3d34

#703129

#54241f

#381815

#1c0c0a

Tints

Color #a8493e mixed toward white.

#c06055

#cd8077

#d99f99

#e6bfbb

#f2dfdd

Tones

Color #a8493e mixed toward gray.

#9f5047

#965750

#8e5e58

#856561

#7c6c6a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.69:1

White text reads better on this background (5.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898841 · ΔE 37.9

Deuteranopia

#8e9442 · ΔE 42.4

Tritanopia

#a54343 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8493e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8493e]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#a8493e (#a8493e) is rgb(168, 73, 62) in RGB.

No, #a8493e 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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