#8c9793

Color #8c9793

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.12 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9793

RGB

rgb(140, 151, 147)

HSL

hsl(158.2, 5%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(158.2, 7.3%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(61.49, -4.75, 0.75)

LCH

lch(61.49, 4.81, 171.03)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.0139, 172.16)

HWB

hwb(158.2, 54.9%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#978c90

Analogous

#8c978e

#8c9793

#8c9697

Triadic

#8c9793

#938c97

#97938c

Split-complementary

#8c9793

#978c96

#978e8c

Tetradic

#8c9793

#8c9097

#978c90

#97938c

Square

#8c9793

#8e8c97

#978c90

#96978c

Shades

Color #8c9793 mixed toward black.

#737f7b

#5c6662

#454c4a

#2e3331

#171919

Tints

Color #8c9793 mixed toward white.

#9fa8a5

#b2bab7

#c6cbc9

#d9dcdb

#eceeed

Tones

Color #8c9793 mixed toward gray.

#8d9693

#8e9593

#8f9492

#909392

#919392

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919194 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#908f94 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#8d9595 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 6.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9793;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9793]

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Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#8c9793 (#8c9793) is rgb(140, 151, 147) in RGB.

No, #8c9793 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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