#838c5a

Color #838c5a

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 16.57 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#838c5a

RGB

rgb(131, 140, 90)

HSL

hsl(70.8, 21.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(70.8, 35.7%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 35.7%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.41, -11.84, 25.65)

LCH

lch(56.41, 28.25, 114.78)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0711, 116.85)

HWB

hwb(70.8, 35.3%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#635a8c

Analogous

#8c7c5a

#838c5a

#6a8c5a

Triadic

#838c5a

#5a838c

#8c5a83

Split-complementary

#838c5a

#5a6a8c

#7c5a8c

Tetradic

#838c5a

#5a8c63

#635a8c

#8c5a83

Square

#838c5a

#5a8c7c

#635a8c

#8c5a6a

Shades

Color #838c5a mixed toward black.

#6d754b

#575d3c

#41462d

#2c2f1e

#16170f

Tints

Color #838c5a mixed toward white.

#9ba471

#afb68d

#c3c8aa

#d7dac6

#ebede3

Tones

Color #838c5a mixed toward gray.

#80885e

#7e8462

#7b7f67

#787b6b

#76776f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878769 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#86866c · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#837375 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #838c5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838c5a]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#838c5a (#838c5a) is rgb(131, 140, 90) in RGB.

No, #838c5a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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