#8a8172

Color #8a8172

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.42 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8172

RGB

rgb(138, 129, 114)

HSL

hsl(37.5, 9.5%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.5, 17.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 17.4%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(54.36, 0.74, 9.36)

LCH

lch(54.36, 9.39, 85.48)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0246, 80.65)

HWB

hwb(37.5, 44.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#727b8a

Analogous

#8a7572

#8a8172

#878a72

Triadic

#8a8172

#728a81

#81728a

Split-complementary

#8a8172

#72878a

#75728a

Tetradic

#8a8172

#7b8a72

#727b8a

#81728a

Square

#8a8172

#728a75

#727b8a

#8a7287

Shades

Color #8a8172 mixed toward black.

#736b5f

#5c564c

#454039

#2e2b26

#171513

Tints

Color #8a8172 mixed toward white.

#9e9689

#b1aba1

#c5c0b8

#d8d5d0

#eceae7

Tones

Color #8a8172 mixed toward gray.

#888074

#868076

#847f78

#827f7a

#807e7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868676 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#878777 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#8a7979 · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8172;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8172]

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Frequently asked questions

#8a8172 (#8a8172) is rgb(138, 129, 114) in RGB.

No, #8a8172 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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