#8ca79c

Color #8ca79c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.26 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca79c

RGB

rgb(140, 167, 156)

HSL

hsl(155.6, 13.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(155.6, 16.2%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 6.6%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(66.22, -11.6, 2.57)

LCH

lch(66.22, 11.88, 167.51)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.0339, 168.79)

HWB

hwb(155.6, 54.9%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a78c97

Analogous

#8ca78f

#8ca79c

#8ca4a7

Triadic

#8ca79c

#9c8ca7

#a79c8c

Split-complementary

#8ca79c

#a78ca4

#a78f8c

Tetradic

#8ca79c

#8c97a7

#a78c97

#a79c8c

Square

#8ca79c

#8f8ca7

#a78c97

#a4a78c

Shades

Color #8ca79c mixed toward black.

#6f9183

#597469

#43574f

#2c3a34

#161d1a

Tints

Color #8ca79c mixed toward white.

#9fb6ad

#b2c4bd

#c6d3ce

#d9e2de

#ecf0ef

Tones

Color #8ca79c mixed toward gray.

#8ea59c

#91a39b

#93a09b

#959e9a

#979c9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98999f · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#97959f · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#8ea1a1 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca79c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca79c]

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Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#8ca79c (#8ca79c) is rgb(140, 167, 156) in RGB.

No, #8ca79c 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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