#859b8d

Color #859b8d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.71 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#859b8d

RGB

rgb(133, 155, 141)

HSL

hsl(141.8, 9.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(141.8, 14.2%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(61.96, -10.61, 4.74)

LCH

lch(61.96, 11.62, 155.93)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0322, 157.57)

HWB

hwb(141.8, 52.2%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8593

Analogous

#889b85

#859b8d

#859b98

Triadic

#859b8d

#8d859b

#9b8d85

Split-complementary

#859b8d

#98859b

#9b8588

Tetradic

#859b8d

#85939b

#9b8593

#9b8d85

Square

#859b8d

#85889b

#9b8593

#9b9885

Shades

Color #859b8d mixed toward black.

#6c8475

#576a5d

#414f46

#2b352f

#161a17

Tints

Color #859b8d mixed toward white.

#99aca0

#aebcb3

#c2cdc6

#d6ded9

#ebeeec

Tones

Color #859b8d mixed toward gray.

#87998e

#89978e

#8b968f

#8c948f

#8e9290

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f91 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#8e8c91 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#869394 · ΔE 8.5

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #859b8d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859b8d]

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Medium Sea Green #3cb371

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Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#859b8d (#859b8d) is rgb(133, 155, 141) in RGB.

No, #859b8d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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