#6b8879

Color #6b8879

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 14.35 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6b8879

RGB

rgb(107, 136, 121)

HSL

hsl(149, 11.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(149, 21.3%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 11%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(54.15, -13.55, 4.68)

LCH

lch(54.15, 14.34, 160.95)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.0401, 162.42)

HWB

hwb(149, 42%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#886b7a

Analogous

#6b886b

#6b8879

#6b8887

Triadic

#6b8879

#796b88

#88796b

Split-complementary

#6b8879

#876b88

#886b6b

Tetradic

#6b8879

#6b7a88

#886b7a

#88796b

Square

#6b8879

#6b6b88

#886b7a

#88876b

Shades

Color #6b8879 mixed toward black.

#597165

#475b51

#35443c

#242d28

#121714

Tints

Color #6b8879 mixed toward white.

#829d8f

#9bb1a6

#b4c4bc

#cdd8d2

#e6ebe9

Tones

Color #6b8879 mixed toward gray.

#6d8579

#708379

#728179

#757e79

#777c79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79797d · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#77757e · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#6d8080 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 14.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b8879;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b8879]

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Frequently asked questions

#6b8879 (#6b8879) is rgb(107, 136, 121) in RGB.

No, #6b8879 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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