#cb8e8e

Color #cb8e8e

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 6.85 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cb8e8e

RGB

rgb(203, 142, 142)

HSL

hsl(0, 37%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 30%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 30%, 30%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(64.96, 23.16, 9.32)

LCH

lch(64.96, 24.96, 21.92)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0746, 19.09)

HWB

hwb(0, 55.7%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ecbcb

Analogous

#cb8eac

#cb8e8e

#cbac8e

Triadic

#cb8e8e

#8ecb8e

#8e8ecb

Split-complementary

#cb8e8e

#8ecbac

#8eaccb

Tetradic

#cb8e8e

#cbcb8e

#8ecbcb

#8e8ecb

Square

#cb8e8e

#accb8e

#8ecbcb

#ac8ecb

Shades

Color #cb8e8e mixed toward black.

#b96666

#9d4848

#763636

#4f2424

#271212

Tints

Color #cb8e8e mixed toward white.

#d4a1a1

#dcb4b4

#e5c6c6

#eed9d9

#f6ecec

Tones

Color #cb8e8e mixed toward gray.

#c69393

#c19898

#bc9d9d

#b7a2a2

#b1a7a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b38e · ΔE 29.8

Deuteranopia

#b7bb8e · ΔE 32.6

Tritanopia

#c98e8e · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 19.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cb8e8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb8e8e]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#cb8e8e (#cb8e8e) is rgb(203, 142, 142) in RGB.

No, #cb8e8e 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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