#8e8787

Color #8e8787

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.33 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8787

RGB

rgb(142, 135, 135)

HSL

hsl(0, 3%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 4.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 4.9%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(56.91, 2.61, 0.94)

LCH

lch(56.91, 2.77, 19.81)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0084, 17.35)

HWB

hwb(0, 52.9%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#878e8e

Analogous

#8e878a

#8e8787

#8e8a87

Triadic

#8e8787

#878e87

#87878e

Split-complementary

#8e8787

#878e8a

#878a8e

Tetradic

#8e8787

#8e8e87

#878e8e

#87878e

Square

#8e8787

#8a8e87

#878e8e

#8a878e

Shades

Color #8e8787 mixed toward black.

#777070

#5f5a5a

#474343

#302d2d

#181616

Tints

Color #8e8787 mixed toward white.

#a19b9b

#b4afaf

#c6c3c3

#d9d7d7

#ecebeb

Tones

Color #8e8787 mixed toward gray.

#8d8888

#8c8989

#8b8a8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b87 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#8b8c87 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#8e8787 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 3.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8787;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8787]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#8e8787 (#8e8787) is rgb(142, 135, 135) in RGB.

No, #8e8787 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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