#b8938e

Color #b8938e

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 4.16 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b8938e

RGB

rgb(184, 147, 142)

HSL

hsl(7.1, 22.8%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.1, 22.8%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 22.8%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(64.17, 13.1, 7.92)

LCH

lch(64.17, 15.31, 31.16)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0454, 27.24)

HWB

hwb(7.1, 55.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8eb3b8

Analogous

#b88e9e

#b8938e

#b8a88e

Triadic

#b8938e

#8eb893

#938eb8

Split-complementary

#b8938e

#8eb8a8

#8e9eb8

Tetradic

#b8938e

#b3b88e

#8eb3b8

#938eb8

Square

#b8938e

#9eb88e

#8eb3b8

#a88eb8

Shades

Color #b8938e mixed toward black.

#a3736d

#855a54

#64433f

#432d2a

#211615

Tints

Color #b8938e mixed toward white.

#c4a5a1

#d0b7b4

#dbc9c6

#e7dbd9

#f3edec

Tones

Color #b8938e mixed toward gray.

#b49691

#b19895

#ad9b98

#aa9e9c

#a6a09f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a98f · ΔE 22.3

Deuteranopia

#abae90 · ΔE 24.6

Tritanopia

#b69090 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8938e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8938e]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#b8938e (#b8938e) is rgb(184, 147, 142) in RGB.

No, #b8938e 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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