#888e79

Color #888e79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 12.91 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#888e79

RGB

rgb(136, 142, 121)

HSL

hsl(77.1, 8.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(77.1, 14.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(58, -6.14, 10.46)

LCH

lch(58, 12.13, 120.41)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0313, 120.34)

HWB

hwb(77.1, 47.5%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f798e

Analogous

#8e8a79

#888e79

#7e8e79

Triadic

#888e79

#79888e

#8e7988

Split-complementary

#888e79

#797e8e

#8a798e

Tetradic

#888e79

#798e7f

#7f798e

#8e7988

Square

#888e79

#798e8a

#7f798e

#8e797e

Shades

Color #888e79 mixed toward black.

#727764

#5b5f50

#44473c

#2d3028

#171814

Tints

Color #888e79 mixed toward white.

#9ca18f

#b0b4a6

#c4c7bc

#d7d9d2

#ebece9

Tones

Color #888e79 mixed toward gray.

#878c7b

#878b7d

#86897e

#858780

#848582

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b7e · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#8a8a80 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#888384 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #888e79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#888e79]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#888e79 (#888e79) is rgb(136, 142, 121) in RGB.

No, #888e79 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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