#ab8a8d

Color #ab8a8d

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 6.11 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ab8a8d

RGB

rgb(171, 138, 141)

HSL

hsl(354.5, 16.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(354.5, 19.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 17.5%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(60.57, 12.99, 3.15)

LCH

lch(60.57, 13.37, 13.63)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.0404, 12.01)

HWB

hwb(354.5, 54.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8aaba8

Analogous

#ab8a9e

#ab8a8d

#ab988a

Triadic

#ab8a8d

#8dab8a

#8a8dab

Split-complementary

#ab8a8d

#8aab98

#8a9eab

Tetradic

#ab8a8d

#aba88a

#8aaba8

#8a8dab

Square

#ab8a8d

#9eab8a

#8aaba8

#988aab

Shades

Color #ab8a8d mixed toward black.

#956c70

#785659

#5a4143

#3c2b2d

#1e1616

Tints

Color #ab8a8d mixed toward white.

#b99ea0

#c7b1b3

#d5c5c6

#e3d8d9

#f1ecec

Tones

Color #ab8a8d mixed toward gray.

#a88d8f

#a69092

#a39294

#a09596

#9d9898

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e8c · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#a0a28c · ΔE 23.6

Tritanopia

#aa8c8c · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab8a8d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab8a8d]

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Frequently asked questions

#ab8a8d (#ab8a8d) is rgb(171, 138, 141) in RGB.

No, #ab8a8d 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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