#ac8079

Color #ac8079

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 7.16 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 14

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Conversions

HEX

#ac8079

RGB

rgb(172, 128, 121)

HSL

hsl(8.2, 23.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.2, 29.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 29.7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(57.65, 15.98, 10.44)

LCH

lch(57.65, 19.09, 33.16)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.056, 28.95)

HWB

hwb(8.2, 47.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79a5ac

Analogous

#ac798c

#ac8079

#ac9a79

Triadic

#ac8079

#79ac80

#8079ac

Split-complementary

#ac8079

#79ac9a

#798cac

Tetradic

#ac8079

#a5ac79

#79a5ac

#8079ac

Square

#ac8079

#8cac79

#79a5ac

#9a79ac

Shades

Color #ac8079 mixed toward black.

#97655d

#79514b

#5b3d38

#3c2925

#1e1413

Tints

Color #ac8079 mixed toward white.

#ba958f

#c8aaa6

#d6c0bc

#e3d5d2

#f1eae9

Tones

Color #ac8079 mixed toward gray.

#a8837d

#a48682

#9f8986

#9b8c8a

#97908e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b7b · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#9da07b · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#aa7c7c · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac8079;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac8079]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#ac8079 (#ac8079) is rgb(172, 128, 121) in RGB.

No, #ac8079 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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