#8a9191

Color #8a9191

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9191

RGB

rgb(138, 145, 145)

HSL

hsl(180, 3.1%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 4.8%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(59.62, -2.54, -0.88)

LCH

lch(59.62, 2.69, 199.11)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0082, 197.1)

HWB

hwb(180, 54.1%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#918a8a

Analogous

#8a918e

#8a9191

#8a8e91

Triadic

#8a9191

#918a91

#91918a

Split-complementary

#8a9191

#918a8e

#918e8a

Tetradic

#8a9191

#8a8a91

#918a8a

#91918a

Square

#8a9191

#8e8a91

#918a8a

#8e918a

Shades

Color #8a9191 mixed toward black.

#727a7a

#5b6161

#454949

#2e3131

#171818

Tints

Color #8a9191 mixed toward white.

#9ea3a3

#b1b6b6

#c5c8c8

#d8dada

#eceded

Tones

Color #8a9191 mixed toward gray.

#8b9090

#8c8f8f

#8d8e8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8d91 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#8d8c91 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#8a9191 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 3.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9191;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9191]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#8a9191 (#8a9191) is rgb(138, 145, 145) in RGB.

No, #8a9191 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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