#878b6e

Color #878b6e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 16.8 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#878b6e

RGB

rgb(135, 139, 110)

HSL

hsl(68.3, 11.6%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.3, 20.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 20.9%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(56.82, -6.72, 15.06)

LCH

lch(56.82, 16.49, 114.05)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.042, 114)

HWB

hwb(68.3, 43.1%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#726e8b

Analogous

#8b806e

#878b6e

#788b6e

Triadic

#878b6e

#6e878b

#8b6e87

Split-complementary

#878b6e

#6e788b

#806e8b

Tetradic

#878b6e

#6e8b72

#726e8b

#8b6e87

Square

#878b6e

#6e8b80

#726e8b

#8b6e78

Shades

Color #878b6e mixed toward black.

#70745c

#5a5d49

#434537

#2d2e25

#161712

Tints

Color #878b6e mixed toward white.

#9b9f86

#afb29e

#c3c5b6

#d7d9ce

#ebece7

Tones

Color #878b6e mixed toward gray.

#858870

#838673

#828475

#808178

#7e7f7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898976 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#898878 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#877c7d · ΔE 18.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #878b6e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#878b6e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#878b6e (#878b6e) is rgb(135, 139, 110) in RGB.

No, #878b6e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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