#8b8e7f

Color #8b8e7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.82 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8e7f

RGB

rgb(139, 142, 127)

HSL

hsl(72, 6.2%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72, 10.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(58.38, -3.93, 7.62)

LCH

lch(58.38, 8.57, 117.28)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0221, 116.33)

HWB

hwb(72, 49.8%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#827f8e

Analogous

#8e897f

#8b8e7f

#838e7f

Triadic

#8b8e7f

#7f8b8e

#8e7f8b

Split-complementary

#8b8e7f

#7f838e

#897f8e

Tetradic

#8b8e7f

#7f8e82

#827f8e

#8e7f8b

Square

#8b8e7f

#7f8e89

#827f8e

#8e7f83

Shades

Color #8b8e7f mixed toward black.

#747769

#5d5f54

#46473f

#2e302a

#171815

Tints

Color #8b8e7f mixed toward white.

#9ea194

#b2b4aa

#c5c6bf

#d8d9d4

#ececea

Tones

Color #8b8e7f mixed toward gray.

#8a8d80

#898b81

#898a83

#888984

#878885

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c83 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#8c8c84 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8b8686 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 7.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8e7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8e7f]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#8b8e7f (#8b8e7f) is rgb(139, 142, 127) in RGB.

No, #8b8e7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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