#8c9491

Color #8c9491

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.85 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9491

RGB

rgb(140, 148, 145)

HSL

hsl(157.5, 3.6%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(157.5, 5.4%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 2%, 42%)

LAB

lab(60.6, -3.49, 0.58)

LCH

lch(60.6, 3.54, 170.56)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.0102, 171.55)

HWB

hwb(157.5, 54.9%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#948c8f

Analogous

#8c948d

#8c9491

#8c9394

Triadic

#8c9491

#918c94

#94918c

Split-complementary

#8c9491

#948c93

#948d8c

Tetradic

#8c9491

#8c8f94

#948c8f

#94918c

Square

#8c9491

#8d8c94

#948c8f

#93948c

Shades

Color #8c9491 mixed toward black.

#747c79

#5d6461

#454b49

#2e3230

#171918

Tints

Color #8c9491 mixed toward white.

#9fa6a3

#b2b8b6

#c6cac8

#d9dbda

#eceded

Tones

Color #8c9491 mixed toward gray.

#8d9391

#8e9291

#8f9190

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#909092 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#8f8e92 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#8c9292 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 4.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9491;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9491]

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Frequently asked questions

#8c9491 (#8c9491) is rgb(140, 148, 145) in RGB.

No, #8c9491 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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