#a8908a

Color #a8908a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 9.22 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a8908a

RGB

rgb(168, 144, 138)

HSL

hsl(12, 14.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12, 17.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 17.9%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.75, 7.98, 6.51)

LCH

lch(61.75, 10.3, 39.21)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0304, 34.27)

HWB

hwb(12, 54.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aa2a8

Analogous

#a88a93

#a8908a

#a89f8a

Triadic

#a8908a

#8aa890

#908aa8

Split-complementary

#a8908a

#8aa89f

#8a93a8

Tetradic

#a8908a

#a2a88a

#8aa2a8

#908aa8

Square

#a8908a

#93a88a

#8aa2a8

#9f8aa8

Shades

Color #a8908a mixed toward black.

#92746d

#755d57

#584641

#3a2f2c

#1d1716

Tints

Color #a8908a mixed toward white.

#b6a39e

#c5b5b1

#d3c8c5

#e2dad8

#f0edec

Tones

Color #a8908a mixed toward gray.

#a5928d

#a3938f

#a09592

#9e9694

#9b9897

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e8b · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#a0a18c · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#a78d8d · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8908a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8908a]

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Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

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Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#a8908a (#a8908a) is rgb(168, 144, 138) in RGB.

No, #a8908a 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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