#c8aaa5

Color #c8aaa5

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 10.92 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c8aaa5

RGB

rgb(200, 170, 165)

HSL

hsl(8.6, 24.1%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.6, 17.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15%, 17.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(72.06, 10.09, 6.63)

LCH

lch(72.06, 12.07, 33.31)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0359, 29.13)

HWB

hwb(8.6, 64.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5c3c8

Analogous

#c8a5b2

#c8aaa5

#c8bca5

Triadic

#c8aaa5

#a5c8aa

#aaa5c8

Split-complementary

#c8aaa5

#a5c8bc

#a5b2c8

Tetradic

#c8aaa5

#c3c8a5

#a5c3c8

#aaa5c8

Square

#c8aaa5

#b2c8a5

#a5c3c8

#bca5c8

Shades

Color #c8aaa5 mixed toward black.

#b1867f

#97655c

#714c45

#4c322e

#261917

Tints

Color #c8aaa5 mixed toward white.

#d1b8b4

#dac6c3

#e4d5d2

#ede3e1

#f6f1f0

Tones

Color #c8aaa5 mixed toward gray.

#c5aca8

#c2aeab

#bfb0ae

#bcb2b1

#b9b5b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbca6 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#bdc0a7 · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#c7a7a7 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8aaa5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8aaa5]

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Frequently asked questions

#c8aaa5 (#c8aaa5) is rgb(200, 170, 165) in RGB.

No, #c8aaa5 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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