#838b60

Color #838b60

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 18.39 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#838b60

RGB

rgb(131, 139, 96)

HSL

hsl(71.2, 18.3%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(71.2, 30.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 30.9%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(56.22, -10.46, 22.08)

LCH

lch(56.22, 24.43, 115.35)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0619, 116.81)

HWB

hwb(71.2, 37.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68608b

Analogous

#8b7e60

#838b60

#6e8b60

Triadic

#838b60

#60838b

#8b6083

Split-complementary

#838b60

#606e8b

#7e608b

Tetradic

#838b60

#608b68

#68608b

#8b6083

Square

#838b60

#608b7e

#68608b

#8b606e

Shades

Color #838b60 mixed toward black.

#6d7450

#575d40

#424630

#2c2e20

#161710

Tints

Color #838b60 mixed toward white.

#9aa178

#aeb493

#c2c7ae

#d6dac9

#ebece4

Tones

Color #838b60 mixed toward gray.

#818764

#7f8467

#7c806b

#7a7d6e

#787972

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87876c · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#86856f · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#837577 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #838b60;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838b60]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Frequently asked questions

#838b60 (#838b60) is rgb(131, 139, 96) in RGB.

No, #838b60 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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