#8b9b96

Color #8b9b96

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.44 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9b96

RGB

rgb(139, 155, 150)

HSL

hsl(161.3, 7.4%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(161.3, 10.3%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(62.62, -6.69, 0.68)

LCH

lch(62.62, 6.72, 174.2)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0196, 175.02)

HWB

hwb(161.3, 54.5%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8b90

Analogous

#8b9b8e

#8b9b96

#8b989b

Triadic

#8b9b96

#968b9b

#9b968b

Split-complementary

#8b9b96

#9b8b98

#9b8e8b

Tetradic

#8b9b96

#8b909b

#9b8b90

#9b968b

Square

#8b9b96

#8e8b9b

#9b8b90

#989b8b

Shades

Color #8b9b96 mixed toward black.

#71837e

#5b6965

#444f4b

#2d3532

#171a19

Tints

Color #8b9b96 mixed toward white.

#9eaca7

#b2bcb9

#c5cdca

#d8dedc

#eceeed

Tones

Color #8b9b96 mixed toward gray.

#8c9a95

#8e9895

#8f9794

#909694

#929493

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929297 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#919098 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#8c9898 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 8.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9b96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9b96]

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Frequently asked questions

#8b9b96 (#8b9b96) is rgb(139, 155, 150) in RGB.

No, #8b9b96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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