#8b998c

Color #8b998c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8b998c

RGB

rgb(139, 153, 140)

HSL

hsl(124.3, 6.4%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(124.3, 9.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 40%)

LAB

lab(61.8, -7.57, 5.13)

LCH

lch(61.8, 9.14, 145.88)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0247, 147.21)

HWB

hwb(124.3, 54.5%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#998b98

Analogous

#91998b

#8b998c

#8b9993

Triadic

#8b998c

#8c8b99

#998c8b

Split-complementary

#8b998c

#938b99

#998b91

Tetradic

#8b998c

#8b9899

#998b98

#998c8b

Square

#8b998c

#8b9199

#998b98

#99938b

Shades

Color #8b998c mixed toward black.

#728273

#5b685c

#444e45

#2e342e

#171a17

Tints

Color #8b998c mixed toward white.

#9eaa9f

#b2bbb2

#c5ccc6

#d8ddd9

#eceeec

Tones

Color #8b998c mixed toward gray.

#8c988d

#8d978e

#8f968f

#909490

#919391

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#91918f · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#908f90 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#8c9292 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8b998c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b998c]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#8b998c (#8b998c) is rgb(139, 153, 140) in RGB.

No, #8b998c 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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