#8e8079

Color #8e8079

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.11 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8079

RGB

rgb(142, 128, 121)

HSL

hsl(20, 8.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20, 14.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 14.8%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(54.63, 4.08, 5.73)

LCH

lch(54.63, 7.03, 54.55)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.0201, 48.22)

HWB

hwb(20, 47.5%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79878e

Analogous

#8e797d

#8e8079

#8e8b79

Triadic

#8e8079

#798e80

#80798e

Split-complementary

#8e8079

#798e8b

#797d8e

Tetradic

#8e8079

#878e79

#79878e

#80798e

Square

#8e8079

#7d8e79

#79878e

#8b798e

Shades

Color #8e8079 mixed toward black.

#776b64

#5f5550

#47403c

#302b28

#181514

Tints

Color #8e8079 mixed toward white.

#a1958f

#b4aaa6

#c7c0bc

#d9d5d2

#eceae9

Tones

Color #8e8079 mixed toward gray.

#8c817b

#8b817d

#89827e

#878280

#858382

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#88887b · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#898a7b · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#8d7c7c · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8079;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8079]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Seashell #fff5ee

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Frequently asked questions

#8e8079 (#8e8079) is rgb(142, 128, 121) in RGB.

No, #8e8079 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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