#8b9e91

Color #8b9e91

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.93 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9e91

RGB

rgb(139, 158, 145)

HSL

hsl(138.9, 8.9%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(138.9, 12%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(12%, 0%, 8.2%, 38%)

LAB

lab(63.33, -9.32, 4.53)

LCH

lch(63.33, 10.36, 154.08)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0286, 155.67)

HWB

hwb(138.9, 54.5%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e8b98

Analogous

#8e9e8b

#8b9e91

#8b9e9a

Triadic

#8b9e91

#918b9e

#9e918b

Split-complementary

#8b9e91

#9a8b9e

#9e8b8e

Tetradic

#8b9e91

#8b989e

#9e8b98

#9e918b

Square

#8b9e91

#8b8e9e

#9e8b98

#9e9a8b

Shades

Color #8b9e91 mixed toward black.

#718778

#5a6c60

#445148

#2d3630

#171b18

Tints

Color #8b9e91 mixed toward white.

#9eaea3

#b2beb6

#c5cec8

#d8dfda

#ecefed

Tones

Color #8b9e91 mixed toward gray.

#8d9c91

#8e9b92

#909993

#919893

#939694

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#949494 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#929195 · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#8c9797 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9e91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9e91]

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Medium Sea Green #3cb371

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Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Forest Green #228b22

Frequently asked questions

#8b9e91 (#8b9e91) is rgb(139, 158, 145) in RGB.

No, #8b9e91 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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