#8e8f89

Color #8e8f89

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 6.53 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e8f89

RGB

rgb(142, 143, 137)

HSL

hsl(70, 2.6%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(70, 4.2%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(59.16, -1.52, 3.06)

LCH

lch(59.16, 3.42, 116.42)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.0088, 114.23)

HWB

hwb(70, 53.7%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a898f

Analogous

#8f8d89

#8e8f89

#8b8f89

Triadic

#8e8f89

#898e8f

#8f898e

Split-complementary

#8e8f89

#898b8f

#8d898f

Tetradic

#8e8f89

#898f8a

#8a898f

#8f898e

Square

#8e8f89

#898f8d

#8a898f

#8f898b

Shades

Color #8e8f89 mixed toward black.

#777872

#5f605b

#474844

#2f302d

#181817

Tints

Color #8e8f89 mixed toward white.

#a1a29d

#b4b4b0

#c6c7c4

#d9dad8

#ececeb

Tones

Color #8e8f89 mixed toward gray.

#8e8e8a

#8d8e8a

#8d8d8a

#8d8d8b

#8c8c8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8e8a · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#8e8e8b · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#8e8c8c · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 3.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8e8f89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e8f89]

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Yellow Green #9acd32

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Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#8e8f89 (#8e8f89) is rgb(142, 143, 137) in RGB.

No, #8e8f89 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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