#878c8a

Color #878c8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.77 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#878c8a

RGB

rgb(135, 140, 138)

HSL

hsl(156, 2.1%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(156, 3.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(57.79, -2.23, 0.43)

LCH

lch(57.79, 2.27, 169.09)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0066, 170.39)

HWB

hwb(156, 52.9%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c8789

Analogous

#878c87

#878c8a

#878b8c

Triadic

#878c8a

#8a878c

#8c8a87

Split-complementary

#878c8a

#8c878b

#8c8787

Tetradic

#878c8a

#87898c

#8c8789

#8c8a87

Square

#878c8a

#87878c

#8c8789

#8b8c87

Shades

Color #878c8a mixed toward black.

#707573

#5a5e5c

#434645

#2d2f2e

#161717

Tints

Color #878c8a mixed toward white.

#9b9f9d

#afb2b1

#c3c5c4

#d7d9d8

#ebeceb

Tones

Color #878c8a mixed toward gray.

#878c8a

#888b8a

#898a8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#89898a · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#89898b · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#878b8b · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 3.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #878c8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#878c8a]

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Frequently asked questions

#878c8a (#878c8a) is rgb(135, 140, 138) in RGB.

No, #878c8a 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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