#8aac9c

Color #8aac9c

A muted light green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.25 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 12.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8aac9c

RGB

rgb(138, 172, 156)

HSL

hsl(151.8, 17%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(151.8, 19.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 9.3%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(67.51, -14.91, 4.41)

LCH

lch(67.51, 15.55, 163.52)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0438, 164.92)

HWB

hwb(151.8, 54.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac8a9a

Analogous

#8aac8b

#8aac9c

#8aabac

Triadic

#8aac9c

#9c8aac

#ac9c8a

Split-complementary

#8aac9c

#ac8aab

#ac8b8a

Tetradic

#8aac9c

#8a9aac

#ac8a9a

#ac9c8a

Square

#8aac9c

#8b8aac

#ac8a9a

#abac8a

Shades

Color #8aac9c mixed toward black.

#6c9782

#567968

#405b4e

#2b3c34

#151e1a

Tints

Color #8aac9c mixed toward white.

#9ebaad

#b1c8bd

#c5d6ce

#d8e3de

#ecf1ef

Tones

Color #8aac9c mixed toward gray.

#8da99c

#90a69c

#93a49c

#95a19b

#989e9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa0 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#9895a1 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#8ca3a4 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aac9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aac9c]

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Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#8aac9c (#8aac9c) is rgb(138, 172, 156) in RGB.

No, #8aac9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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