#c59ea7

Color #c59ea7

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 7.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#c59ea7

RGB

rgb(197, 158, 167)

HSL

hsl(346.2, 25.2%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(346.2, 19.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 15.2%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(68.83, 15.86, 0.82)

LCH

lch(68.83, 15.88, 2.96)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0477, 2.89)

HWB

hwb(346.2, 62%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ec5bc

Analogous

#c59eba

#c59ea7

#c5a89e

Triadic

#c59ea7

#a7c59e

#9ea7c5

Split-complementary

#c59ea7

#9ec5a8

#9ebac5

Tetradic

#c59ea7

#c5bc9e

#9ec5bc

#9ea7c5

Square

#c59ea7

#bac59e

#9ec5bc

#a89ec5

Shades

Color #c59ea7 mixed toward black.

#af7985

#945966

#6f424d

#4a2c33

#25161a

Tints

Color #c59ea7 mixed toward white.

#cfaeb6

#d8bec4

#e2ced3

#ecdfe2

#f5eff0

Tones

Color #c59ea7 mixed toward gray.

#c2a1a9

#bfa4aa

#bba8ac

#b8abae

#b5aeb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5a5 · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#b8baa4 · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#c3a3a3 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c59ea7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c59ea7]

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Frequently asked questions

#c59ea7 (#c59ea7) is rgb(197, 158, 167) in RGB.

No, #c59ea7 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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