#898c87

Color #898c87

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.28 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#898c87

RGB

rgb(137, 140, 135)

HSL

hsl(96, 2.1%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96, 3.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(57.87, -2.08, 2.28)

LCH

lch(57.87, 3.09, 132.37)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.0081, 132.51)

HWB

hwb(96, 52.9%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a878c

Analogous

#8b8c87

#898c87

#878c87

Triadic

#898c87

#87898c

#8c8789

Split-complementary

#898c87

#87878c

#8c878b

Tetradic

#898c87

#878c8a

#8a878c

#8c8789

Square

#898c87

#878b8c

#8a878c

#8c8787

Shades

Color #898c87 mixed toward black.

#727570

#5b5e5a

#444643

#2e2f2d

#171716

Tints

Color #898c87 mixed toward white.

#9d9f9b

#b0b2af

#c4c5c3

#d8d9d7

#ebeceb

Tones

Color #898c87 mixed toward gray.

#898c87

#898b88

#898a89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a88 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#8a8a89 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#898989 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 3.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #898c87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898c87]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#898c87 (#898c87) is rgb(137, 140, 135) in RGB.

No, #898c87 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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