#a97e7e

Color #a97e7e

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 6.68 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-500 #7c6d67 · ΔE 14.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a97e7e

RGB

rgb(169, 126, 126)

HSL

hsl(0, 20%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 25.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 25.4%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(56.94, 16.65, 6.51)

LCH

lch(56.94, 17.88, 21.36)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0536, 18.71)

HWB

hwb(0, 49.4%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ea9a9

Analogous

#a97e93

#a97e7e

#a9937e

Triadic

#a97e7e

#7ea97e

#7e7ea9

Split-complementary

#a97e7e

#7ea993

#7e93a9

Tetradic

#a97e7e

#a9a97e

#7ea9a9

#7e7ea9

Square

#a97e7e

#93a97e

#7ea9a9

#937ea9

Shades

Color #a97e7e mixed toward black.

#936262

#764f4f

#583b3b

#3b2727

#1d1414

Tints

Color #a97e7e mixed toward white.

#b79393

#c6a9a9

#d4bebe

#e2d4d4

#f1e9e9

Tones

Color #a97e7e mixed toward gray.

#a58181

#a28585

#9e8989

#9b8c8c

#979090

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98987e · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#9b9e7e · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#a77e7e · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 16.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a97e7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a97e7e]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a97e7e (#a97e7e) is rgb(169, 126, 126) in RGB.

No, #a97e7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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