#818c79

Color #818c79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 12.15 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#818c79

RGB

rgb(129, 140, 121)

HSL

hsl(94.7, 7.6%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(94.7, 13.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.88, -7.71, 8.8)

LCH

lch(56.88, 11.7, 131.22)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.0307, 131.96)

HWB

hwb(94.7, 47.5%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84798c

Analogous

#8b8c79

#818c79

#798c7b

Triadic

#818c79

#79818c

#8c7981

Split-complementary

#818c79

#7b798c

#8c798b

Tetradic

#818c79

#798c84

#84798c

#8c7981

Square

#818c79

#798b8c

#84798c

#8c7b79

Shades

Color #818c79 mixed toward black.

#6c7565

#565e50

#41463c

#2b2f28

#161714

Tints

Color #818c79 mixed toward white.

#969f8f

#abb2a6

#c0c6bc

#d5d9d2

#eaece9

Tones

Color #818c79 mixed toward gray.

#818a7b

#82897c

#82877e

#82867f

#828481

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86867e · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#85847f · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#828282 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #818c79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#818c79]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#818c79 (#818c79) is rgb(129, 140, 121) in RGB.

No, #818c79 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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