#8b8b80

Color #8b8b80

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.4 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8b80

RGB

rgb(139, 139, 128)

HSL

hsl(60, 4.5%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 7.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(57.57, -2.08, 5.88)

LCH

lch(57.57, 6.24, 109.48)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.0161, 106.97)

HWB

hwb(60, 50.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#80808b

Analogous

#8b8680

#8b8b80

#868b80

Triadic

#8b8b80

#808b8b

#8b808b

Split-complementary

#8b8b80

#80868b

#86808b

Tetradic

#8b8b80

#808b80

#80808b

#8b808b

Square

#8b8b80

#808b86

#80808b

#8b8086

Shades

Color #8b8b80 mixed toward black.

#74746a

#5d5d55

#464640

#2f2f2b

#171715

Tints

Color #8b8b80 mixed toward white.

#9e9e95

#b2b2aa

#c5c5c0

#d8d8d5

#ececea

Tones

Color #8b8b80 mixed toward gray.

#8a8a81

#898982

#888883

#878784

#878785

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b83 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#8b8b83 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#8b8585 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8b80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8b80]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#8b8b80 (#8b8b80) is rgb(139, 139, 128) in RGB.

No, #8b8b80 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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