#8f8b8b

Color #8f8b8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium red.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.87 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8f8b8b

RGB

rgb(143, 139, 139)

HSL

hsl(0, 1.8%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 2.8%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 2.8%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(58.2, 1.48, 0.53)

LCH

lch(58.2, 1.57, 19.7)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0048, 16.93)

HWB

hwb(0, 54.5%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8f8f

Analogous

#8f8b8d

#8f8b8b

#8f8d8b

Triadic

#8f8b8b

#8b8f8b

#8b8b8f

Split-complementary

#8f8b8b

#8b8f8d

#8b8d8f

Tetradic

#8f8b8b

#8f8f8b

#8b8f8f

#8b8b8f

Square

#8f8b8b

#8d8f8b

#8b8f8f

#8d8b8f

Shades

Color #8f8b8b mixed toward black.

#787373

#605c5c

#484545

#302e2e

#181717

Tints

Color #8f8b8b mixed toward white.

#a29e9e

#b4b2b2

#c7c5c5

#dad8d8

#ececec

Tones

Color #8f8b8b mixed toward gray.

#8f8b8b

#8e8c8c

#8d8d8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d8b · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#8e8e8b · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#8f8b8b · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 2.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8f8b8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f8b8b]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#8f8b8b (#8f8b8b) is rgb(143, 139, 139) in RGB.

No, #8f8b8b 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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