#c4a59f

Color #c4a59f

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 9.43 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#c4a59f

RGB

rgb(196, 165, 159)

HSL

hsl(9.7, 23.9%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9.7, 18.9%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 18.9%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(70.28, 10.38, 7.34)

LCH

lch(70.28, 12.71, 35.27)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0376, 30.86)

HWB

hwb(9.7, 62.4%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fbec4

Analogous

#c49fab

#c4a59f

#c4b79f

Triadic

#c4a59f

#9fc4a5

#a59fc4

Split-complementary

#c4a59f

#9fc4b7

#9fabc4

Tetradic

#c4a59f

#bec49f

#9fbec4

#a59fc4

Square

#c4a59f

#abc49f

#9fbec4

#b79fc4

Shades

Color #c4a59f mixed toward black.

#ad837a

#93635a

#6e4a44

#49322d

#251917

Tints

Color #c4a59f mixed toward white.

#ceb4af

#d8c3bf

#e2d2cf

#ebe1df

#f5f0ef

Tones

Color #c4a59f mixed toward gray.

#c1a7a2

#bea9a5

#bbaba8

#b8adab

#b5afae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7a0 · ΔE 19

Deuteranopia

#b9bba1 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#c3a2a2 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4a59f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4a59f]

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Salmon #fa8072

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Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

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Frequently asked questions

#c4a59f (#c4a59f) is rgb(196, 165, 159) in RGB.

No, #c4a59f 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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