#8a8d7e

Color #8a8d7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.65 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8a8d7e

RGB

rgb(138, 141, 126)

HSL

hsl(72, 6.2%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72, 10.6%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(58, -3.94, 7.63)

LCH

lch(58, 8.59, 117.31)

OKLCH

oklch(63.7%, 0.0222, 116.22)

HWB

hwb(72, 49.4%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#817e8d

Analogous

#8d897e

#8a8d7e

#838d7e

Triadic

#8a8d7e

#7e8a8d

#8d7e8a

Split-complementary

#8a8d7e

#7e838d

#897e8d

Tetradic

#8a8d7e

#7e8d81

#817e8d

#8d7e8a

Square

#8a8d7e

#7e8d89

#817e8d

#8d7e83

Shades

Color #8a8d7e mixed toward black.

#737668

#5c5f54

#45473f

#2e2f2a

#171815

Tints

Color #8a8d7e mixed toward white.

#9ea094

#b1b3a9

#c5c6bf

#d8d9d4

#ececea

Tones

Color #8a8d7e mixed toward gray.

#898c7f

#898b81

#888982

#878883

#868784

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

#8b8b82 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#8b8b83 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8a8585 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 7.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a8d7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a8d7e]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#8a8d7e (#8a8d7e) is rgb(138, 141, 126) in RGB.

No, #8a8d7e 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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