#8b816e

Color #8b816e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.72 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8b816e

RGB

rgb(139, 129, 110)

HSL

hsl(39.3, 11.6%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(39.3, 20.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 20.9%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(54.36, 0.48, 11.68)

LCH

lch(54.36, 11.69, 87.65)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0303, 83.56)

HWB

hwb(39.3, 43.1%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e788b

Analogous

#8b726e

#8b816e

#868b6e

Triadic

#8b816e

#6e8b81

#816e8b

Split-complementary

#8b816e

#6e868b

#726e8b

Tetradic

#8b816e

#788b6e

#6e788b

#816e8b

Square

#8b816e

#6e8b72

#6e788b

#8b6e86

Shades

Color #8b816e mixed toward black.

#746b5c

#5d5649

#454037

#2e2b25

#171512

Tints

Color #8b816e mixed toward white.

#9f9686

#b2ab9e

#c5c0b6

#d9d5ce

#eceae7

Tones

Color #8b816e mixed toward gray.

#888070

#867f73

#847f75

#817e78

#7f7d7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878773 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#878874 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#8b7777 · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b816e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b816e]

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Frequently asked questions

#8b816e (#8b816e) is rgb(139, 129, 110) in RGB.

No, #8b816e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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