#c9a7a7

Color #c9a7a7

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 9.3 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c9a7a7

RGB

rgb(201, 167, 167)

HSL

hsl(0, 23.9%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 16.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 16.9%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(71.45, 12.41, 4.66)

LCH

lch(71.45, 13.26, 20.58)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.04, 18.07)

HWB

hwb(0, 65.5%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7c9c9

Analogous

#c9a7b8

#c9a7a7

#c9b8a7

Triadic

#c9a7a7

#a7c9a7

#a7a7c9

Split-complementary

#c9a7a7

#a7c9b8

#a7b8c9

Tetradic

#c9a7a7

#c9c9a7

#a7c9c9

#a7a7c9

Square

#c9a7a7

#b8c9a7

#a7c9c9

#b8a7c9

Shades

Color #c9a7a7 mixed toward black.

#b28181

#985d5d

#724646

#4c2f2f

#261717

Tints

Color #c9a7a7 mixed toward white.

#d2b6b6

#dbc4c4

#e4d3d3

#ede2e2

#f6f0f0

Tones

Color #c9a7a7 mixed toward gray.

#c6aaaa

#c3adad

#c1b0b0

#beb2b2

#bbb5b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbba7 · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#bdc0a7 · ΔE 23.6

Tritanopia

#c7a7a7 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 13.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9a7a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9a7a7]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#c9a7a7 (#c9a7a7) is rgb(201, 167, 167) in RGB.

No, #c9a7a7 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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