#bd9189

Color #bd9189

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 4.37 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bd9189

RGB

rgb(189, 145, 137)

HSL

hsl(9.2, 28.3%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9.2, 27.5%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 27.5%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(64.06, 15.42, 10.66)

LCH

lch(64.06, 18.75, 34.66)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0549, 30.3)

HWB

hwb(9.2, 53.7%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89b5bd

Analogous

#bd899b

#bd9189

#bdab89

Triadic

#bd9189

#89bd91

#9189bd

Split-complementary

#bd9189

#89bdab

#899bbd

Tetradic

#bd9189

#b5bd89

#89b5bd

#9189bd

Square

#bd9189

#9bbd89

#89b5bd

#ab89bd

Shades

Color #bd9189 mixed toward black.

#aa7066

#8b574e

#69413a

#462c27

#231613

Tints

Color #bd9189 mixed toward white.

#c8a39d

#d3b6b0

#dec8c4

#e9dad8

#f4edeb

Tones

Color #bd9189 mixed toward gray.

#b9948d

#b49792

#b09a96

#ac9d9a

#a7a09f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acab8b · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#aeb18b · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#bb8d8d · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bd9189;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bd9189]

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Frequently asked questions

#bd9189 (#bd9189) is rgb(189, 145, 137) in RGB.

No, #bd9189 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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