#8cb278

Color #8cb278

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 8.32 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-500 #00bc7d · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb278

RGB

rgb(140, 178, 120)

HSL

hsl(99.3, 27.4%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(99.3, 32.6%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 32.6%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(68.59, -23.69, 25.59)

LCH

lch(68.59, 34.87, 132.79)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0909, 135.18)

HWB

hwb(99.3, 47.1%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e78b2

Analogous

#a9b278

#8cb278

#78b281

Triadic

#8cb278

#788cb2

#b2788c

Split-complementary

#8cb278

#8178b2

#b278a9

Tetradic

#8cb278

#78b29e

#9e78b2

#b2788c

Square

#8cb278

#78a9b2

#9e78b2

#b28178

Shades

Color #8cb278 mixed toward black.

#729e5a

#5b7e48

#445f36

#2d3f24

#172012

Tints

Color #8cb278 mixed toward white.

#9fbf8e

#b2cca5

#c5d8bb

#d9e5d2

#ecf2e8

Tones

Color #8cb278 mixed toward gray.

#8dad7d

#8fa882

#90a386

#929f8b

#939a90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e89 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#9c998d · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#8e9597 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb278;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb278]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#8cb278 (#8cb278) is rgb(140, 178, 120) in RGB.

No, #8cb278 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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