#8b9572

Color #8b9572

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 18.35 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9572

RGB

rgb(139, 149, 114)

HSL

hsl(77.1, 14.2%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(77.1, 23.5%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 23.5%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(60.07, -9.97, 17.33)

LCH

lch(60.07, 19.99, 119.91)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0513, 120.71)

HWB

hwb(77.1, 44.7%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c7295

Analogous

#958e72

#8b9572

#7a9572

Triadic

#8b9572

#728b95

#95728b

Split-complementary

#8b9572

#727a95

#8e7295

Tetradic

#8b9572

#72957c

#7c7295

#95728b

Square

#8b9572

#72958e

#7c7295

#95727a

Shades

Color #8b9572 mixed toward black.

#747d5e

#5d644b

#464b38

#2f3226

#171913

Tints

Color #8b9572 mixed toward white.

#9ea78a

#b2b8a1

#c5cab9

#d8dcd0

#ecede8

Tones

Color #8b9572 mixed toward gray.

#8a9275

#898f78

#878c7b

#86897e

#858781

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f907c · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#8f8e7e · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#8c8384 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9572;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9572]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#8b9572 (#8b9572) is rgb(139, 149, 114) in RGB.

No, #8b9572 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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