#b28b82

Color #b28b82

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 5.77 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b28b82

RGB

rgb(178, 139, 130)

HSL

hsl(11.2, 23.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(11.2, 27%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 27%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(61.26, 13.45, 10.49)

LCH

lch(61.26, 17.06, 37.95)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.0497, 33.18)

HWB

hwb(11.2, 51%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82a9b2

Analogous

#b28291

#b28b82

#b2a382

Triadic

#b28b82

#82b28b

#8b82b2

Split-complementary

#b28b82

#82b2a3

#8291b2

Tetradic

#b28b82

#a9b282

#82a9b2

#8b82b2

Square

#b28b82

#91b282

#82a9b2

#a382b2

Shades

Color #b28b82 mixed toward black.

#9e6d62

#7f574e

#5f423b

#402c27

#201614

Tints

Color #b28b82 mixed toward white.

#bf9e97

#ccb2ac

#d9c5c0

#e5d8d5

#f2ecea

Tones

Color #b28b82 mixed toward gray.

#ae8d86

#aa908a

#a6928e

#a29592

#9e9896

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a284 · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#a5a885 · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#b08686 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b28b82;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b28b82]

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Frequently asked questions

#b28b82 (#b28b82) is rgb(178, 139, 130) in RGB.

No, #b28b82 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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