#8c8881

Color #8c8881

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.38 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8c8881

RGB

rgb(140, 136, 129)

HSL

hsl(38.2, 4.6%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.2, 7.9%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 7.9%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.85, 0.17, 4.28)

LCH

lch(56.85, 4.28, 87.73)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.0114, 81.94)

HWB

hwb(38.2, 50.6%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81858c

Analogous

#8c8281

#8c8881

#8a8c81

Triadic

#8c8881

#818c88

#88818c

Split-complementary

#8c8881

#818a8c

#82818c

Tetradic

#8c8881

#858c81

#81858c

#88818c

Square

#8c8881

#818c82

#81858c

#8c818a

Shades

Color #8c8881 mixed toward black.

#75716b

#5e5b55

#464440

#2f2d2b

#171715

Tints

Color #8c8881 mixed toward white.

#9f9c96

#b2b0ab

#c5c3c0

#d9d7d5

#ecebea

Tones

Color #8c8881 mixed toward gray.

#8b8882

#8a8783

#898784

#888785

#878785

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a83 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#8b8b83 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#8c8484 · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 3.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c8881;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c8881]

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Frequently asked questions

#8c8881 (#8c8881) is rgb(140, 136, 129) in RGB.

No, #8c8881 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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