#8e8981

Color #8e8981

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 6.2 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8981

RGB

rgb(142, 137, 129)

HSL

hsl(36.9, 5.4%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.9, 9.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 9.2%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(57.3, 0.37, 4.95)

LCH

lch(57.3, 4.96, 85.73)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0132, 79.97)

HWB

hwb(36.9, 50.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81868e

Analogous

#8e8281

#8e8981

#8c8e81

Triadic

#8e8981

#818e89

#89818e

Split-complementary

#8e8981

#818c8e

#82818e

Tetradic

#8e8981

#868e81

#81868e

#89818e

Square

#8e8981

#818e82

#81868e

#8e818c

Shades

Color #8e8981 mixed toward black.

#77726b

#5f5b55

#474540

#302e2b

#181715

Tints

Color #8e8981 mixed toward white.

#a19d96

#b4b0ab

#c6c4c0

#d9d8d5

#ecebea

Tones

Color #8e8981 mixed toward gray.

#8d8982

#8c8883

#8b8884

#8a8885

#888886

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c83 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#8c8d83 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#8e8585 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 4.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8981;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8981]

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Frequently asked questions

#8e8981 (#8e8981) is rgb(142, 137, 129) in RGB.

No, #8e8981 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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