#839797

Color #839797

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 10.47 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#839797

RGB

rgb(131, 151, 151)

HSL

hsl(180, 8.8%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 13.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(60.95, -7.06, -2.39)

LCH

lch(60.95, 7.45, 198.7)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0227, 196.6)

HWB

hwb(180, 51.4%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#978383

Analogous

#83978d

#839797

#838d97

Triadic

#839797

#978397

#979783

Split-complementary

#839797

#97838d

#978d83

Tetradic

#839797

#838397

#978383

#979783

Square

#839797

#8d8397

#978383

#8d9783

Shades

Color #839797 mixed toward black.

#6b8080

#566666

#404d4d

#2b3333

#151a1a

Tints

Color #839797 mixed toward white.

#98a8a8

#acbaba

#c1cbcb

#d6dcdc

#eaeeee

Tones

Color #839797 mixed toward gray.

#859595

#869494

#889292

#8a9090

#8b8f8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c97 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#8b8997 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#849797 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 8.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #839797;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#839797]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#839797 (#839797) is rgb(131, 151, 151) in RGB.

No, #839797 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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