#8b8181

Color #8b8181

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.21 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8b8181

RGB

rgb(139, 129, 129)

HSL

hsl(0, 4.1%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 7.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(54.84, 3.78, 1.36)

LCH

lch(54.84, 4.02, 19.79)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0122, 17.69)

HWB

hwb(0, 50.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#818b8b

Analogous

#8b8186

#8b8181

#8b8681

Triadic

#8b8181

#818b81

#81818b

Split-complementary

#8b8181

#818b86

#81868b

Tetradic

#8b8181

#8b8b81

#818b8b

#81818b

Square

#8b8181

#868b81

#818b8b

#86818b

Shades

Color #8b8181 mixed toward black.

#746b6b

#5d5656

#464040

#2e2b2b

#171515

Tints

Color #8b8181 mixed toward white.

#9e9696

#b2abab

#c5c0c0

#d8d5d5

#eceaea

Tones

Color #8b8181 mixed toward gray.

#8a8282

#898383

#888383

#888484

#878585

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878781 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#878881 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#8b8181 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b8181;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b8181]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#8b8181 (#8b8181) is rgb(139, 129, 129) in RGB.

No, #8b8181 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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