#8cac79

Color #8cac79

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 7.77 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-500 #00bc7d · ΔE 13.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8cac79

RGB

rgb(140, 172, 121)

HSL

hsl(97.6, 23.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(97.6, 29.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 29.7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.87, -20.52, 22.75)

LCH

lch(66.87, 30.64, 132.05)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0799, 134.19)

HWB

hwb(97.6, 47.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9979ac

Analogous

#a6ac79

#8cac79

#79ac80

Triadic

#8cac79

#798cac

#ac798c

Split-complementary

#8cac79

#8079ac

#ac79a6

Tetradic

#8cac79

#79ac99

#9979ac

#ac798c

Square

#8cac79

#79a6ac

#9979ac

#ac8079

Shades

Color #8cac79 mixed toward black.

#73975d

#5c794b

#455b38

#2e3c25

#171e13

Tints

Color #8cac79 mixed toward white.

#9fba8f

#b2c8a6

#c6d6bc

#d9e3d2

#ecf1e9

Tones

Color #8cac79 mixed toward gray.

#8da87d

#8ea482

#8f9f86

#909b8a

#92978e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b88 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#99978b · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#8e9294 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cac79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cac79]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#8cac79 (#8cac79) is rgb(140, 172, 121) in RGB.

No, #8cac79 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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