#708c8f

Color #708c8f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.32 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#708c8f

RGB

rgb(112, 140, 143)

HSL

hsl(185.8, 12.2%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.8, 21.7%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(56.27, -9.16, -4.87)

LCH

lch(56.27, 10.37, 208)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.032, 204.33)

HWB

hwb(185.8, 43.9%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f7370

Analogous

#708f83

#708c8f

#707c8f

Triadic

#708c8f

#8f708c

#8c8f70

Split-complementary

#708c8f

#8f707c

#8f8370

Tetradic

#708c8f

#73708f

#8f7370

#8c8f70

Square

#708c8f

#83708f

#8f7370

#7c8f70

Shades

Color #708c8f mixed toward black.

#5d7577

#4b5d5f

#384648

#252f30

#131718

Tints

Color #708c8f mixed toward white.

#889fa2

#a0b2b4

#b7c6c7

#cfd9da

#e7ecec

Tones

Color #708c8f mixed toward gray.

#738a8c

#75888a

#788687

#7a8485

#7d8282

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d8e · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#7b798e · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#728e8e · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #708c8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#708c8f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#708c8f (#708c8f) is rgb(112, 140, 143) in RGB.

No, #708c8f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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