#8a8a7e

Color #8a8a7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.69 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8a7e

RGB

rgb(138, 138, 126)

HSL

hsl(60, 4.9%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 8.7%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(57.16, -2.26, 6.43)

LCH

lch(57.16, 6.82, 109.37)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0176, 106.89)

HWB

hwb(60, 49.4%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e7e8a

Analogous

#8a847e

#8a8a7e

#848a7e

Triadic

#8a8a7e

#7e8a8a

#8a7e8a

Split-complementary

#8a8a7e

#7e848a

#847e8a

Tetradic

#8a8a7e

#7e8a7e

#7e7e8a

#8a7e8a

Square

#8a8a7e

#7e8a84

#7e7e8a

#8a7e84

Shades

Color #8a8a7e mixed toward black.

#737369

#5c5c54

#45453f

#2e2e2a

#171715

Tints

Color #8a8a7e mixed toward white.

#9e9e94

#b1b1a9

#c5c5bf

#d8d8d4

#ececea

Tones

Color #8a8a7e mixed toward gray.

#89897f

#888880

#878781

#868682

#858583

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a81 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#8a8a82 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#8a8384 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 6.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8a7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8a7e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8a8a7e (#8a8a7e) is rgb(138, 138, 126) in RGB.

No, #8a8a7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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