#8A6D66

A medium, muted red closely aligning with Dimgray.

About #8A6D66

When working with digital screens, the color #8A6D66 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Dimgray. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 109 parts green, and 102 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 21% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8A6D66
RGB138, 109, 102
HSL11.7°, 15.0%, 47.1%
CMYK0%, 21%, 26%, 46%
HSV11.7°, 26.1%, 54.1%
LAB48.6, 10.4, 8.3
XYZ18.3, 17.3, 14.9
Decimal9071974

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.71:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.46:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
4.50:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.79:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8A6D66; }
.text-color { color: #8A6D66; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #8A6D66; }

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