#878d8c

Color #878d8c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.14 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#878d8c

RGB

rgb(135, 141, 140)

HSL

hsl(170, 2.6%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 4.3%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(58.13, -2.39, -0.23)

LCH

lch(58.13, 2.4, 185.5)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0072, 184.76)

HWB

hwb(170, 52.9%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d8788

Analogous

#878d89

#878d8c

#878b8d

Triadic

#878d8c

#8c878d

#8d8c87

Split-complementary

#878d8c

#8d878b

#8d8987

Tetradic

#878d8c

#87888d

#8d8788

#8d8c87

Square

#878d8c

#89878d

#8d8788

#8b8d87

Shades

Color #878d8c mixed toward black.

#707675

#5a5e5e

#434746

#2d2f2f

#161817

Tints

Color #878d8c mixed toward white.

#9ba09f

#afb3b2

#c3c6c5

#d7d9d9

#ebecec

Tones

Color #878d8c mixed toward gray.

#878c8c

#888c8b

#888b8b

#898b8b

#898a8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a8c · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#89898c · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#878c8c · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 3.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #878d8c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#878d8c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#878d8c (#878d8c) is rgb(135, 141, 140) in RGB.

No, #878d8c 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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