#8e8385

Color #8e8385

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.03 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8385

RGB

rgb(142, 131, 133)

HSL

hsl(349.1, 4.6%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.1, 7.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 6.3%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(55.76, 4.52, 0.42)

LCH

lch(55.76, 4.54, 5.31)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0137, 5.04)

HWB

hwb(349.1, 51.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#838e8c

Analogous

#8e838a

#8e8385

#8e8683

Triadic

#8e8385

#858e83

#83858e

Split-complementary

#8e8385

#838e86

#838a8e

Tetradic

#8e8385

#8e8c83

#838e8c

#83858e

Square

#8e8385

#8a8e83

#838e8c

#86838e

Shades

Color #8e8385 mixed toward black.

#776c6e

#5f5758

#474142

#302b2c

#181616

Tints

Color #8e8385 mixed toward white.

#a19899

#b4acae

#c6c1c2

#d9d6d6

#eceaeb

Tones

Color #8e8385 mixed toward gray.

#8d8486

#8c8586

#8b8687

#8a8787

#898888

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898985 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#8a8b84 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#8d8484 · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8385;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8385]

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#8e8385 (#8e8385) is rgb(142, 131, 133) in RGB.

No, #8e8385 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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