What color is #9E7D81?

#9E7D81 is a grayish red, closest to the named color Opium. It belongs to the red family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #9E7D81?

The RGB value is 158, 125, 129: 158 red, 125 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #9E7D81?

The complementary color is #7D9E9A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #9E7D81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.7:1 and white text 3.68:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#9E7D81 color

#9E7D81 rgb(158, 125, 129)

Shades of red

The hex color #9E7D81 is a grayish red.

In the RGB color model it is made of 62% red, 49% green and 50.6% blue (158, 125, 129).

Its hue angle is 353°, with 15% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 18% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Opium (#987E7E), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.7:1).

#9E7D81 color codes

HEX	`#9E7D81`
RGB	`rgb(158, 125, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(62%, 49%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(353, 15%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(353, 21%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 21%, 18%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(55.61, 13.4, 2.7)`
CIE LCH	`lch(55.61, 13.67, 11.4)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.397, 23.522, 23.967)`
Decimal	`10386817`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #9E7D81, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #9E7D81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.7:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.68:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#9E7D81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.68:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.7:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #9E7D81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #9e7d81; }
.text { color: #9e7d81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e7d81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(158 125 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #9e7d81, #9e8a7d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Rosy Brown.

Questions

What color is #9E7D81?: #9E7D81 is a grayish red, closest to the named color Opium. It belongs to the red family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #9E7D81?: The RGB value is 158, 125, 129: 158 red, 125 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #9E7D81?: The complementary color is #7D9E9A, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #9E7D81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.7:1 and white text 3.68:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.