Information about #9B8287 color

#9B8287 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#9B8287 falls into the Red Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(155, 130, 135) — 60.8% red, 51% green, 52.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 10 / 8 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#9B8287 is a calm, restrained red that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Quarter Buffalo (#998682). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Warm Grey (#978A84) and Mountbatten Pink (#997A8D).

In RGB terms — rgb(155, 130, 135) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #9B8287: 5.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #9B8287 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#9B8287 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#9B8287 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #9B8287

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Warm Grey color link
Warm Grey

#978A84

Opium color link
Opium

#987E7E

Dry Creek color link
Dry Creek

#9A7F7C

Tom color link
Tom

#92827F

Vintage color link
Vintage

#A78087

Silver Grey color link
Silver Grey

#97867C

Cinereous color link
Cinereous

#98817B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9B8287
  • RGB155, 130, 135
  • CMYK0, 10, 8, 39
  • CSSrgb(155, 130, 135)
  • HSL348°, 11%, 56%
  • HSL Precise348°, 11.111%, 55.882%
  • HSV348°, 16%, 61%
  • HSB348°, 16%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.510
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • GLSLvec3(0.608, 0.510, 0.529)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.608, 0.510, 0.529, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.608, 0.510, 0.529)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB51%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB52.9%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID9B8287
  • DECIMAL ID10191495
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01