#859f8e

Color #859f8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.15 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#859f8e

RGB

rgb(133, 159, 142)

HSL

hsl(140.8, 11.9%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(140.8, 16.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 10.7%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(63.12, -12.56, 5.86)

LCH

lch(63.12, 13.86, 154.99)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0382, 156.59)

HWB

hwb(140.8, 52.2%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f8596

Analogous

#899f85

#859f8e

#859f9b

Triadic

#859f8e

#8e859f

#9f8e85

Split-complementary

#859f8e

#9b859f

#9f8589

Tetradic

#859f8e

#85969f

#9f8596

#9f8e85

Square

#859f8e

#85899f

#9f8596

#9f9b85

Shades

Color #859f8e mixed toward black.

#6b8875

#566d5e

#405246

#2b372f

#151b17

Tints

Color #859f8e mixed toward white.

#99afa1

#aebfb4

#c2cfc7

#d6dfd9

#ebefec

Tones

Color #859f8e mixed toward gray.

#879d8f

#899b8f

#8c9990

#8e9691

#909491

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919192 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#8f8d93 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#869696 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #859f8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859f8e]

Related colors

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Medium Sea Green #3cb371

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Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#859f8e (#859f8e) is rgb(133, 159, 142) in RGB.

No, #859f8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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