#838a82

Color #838a82

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 6.2 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#838a82

RGB

rgb(131, 138, 130)

HSL

hsl(112.5, 3.3%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(112.5, 5.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(56.7, -4.15, 3.39)

LCH

lch(56.7, 5.36, 140.76)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0144, 141.78)

HWB

hwb(112.5, 51%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89828a

Analogous

#878a82

#838a82

#828a85

Triadic

#838a82

#82838a

#8a8283

Split-complementary

#838a82

#85828a

#8a8287

Tetradic

#838a82

#828a89

#89828a

#8a8283

Square

#838a82

#82878a

#89828a

#8a8582

Shades

Color #838a82 mixed toward black.

#6d736c

#575c56

#414541

#2c2e2b

#161716

Tints

Color #838a82 mixed toward white.

#989d97

#acb1ac

#c1c4c0

#d6d8d5

#eaebea

Tones

Color #838a82 mixed toward gray.

#838983

#848983

#848884

#858785

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868684 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#868584 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#838686 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #838a82;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838a82]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#838a82 (#838a82) is rgb(131, 138, 130) in RGB.

No, #838a82 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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