#8aaca8

Color #8aaca8

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.38 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8aaca8

RGB

rgb(138, 172, 168)

HSL

hsl(172.9, 17%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.9, 19.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(67.82, -12.39, -1.78)

LCH

lch(67.82, 12.52, 188.18)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0376, 187.48)

HWB

hwb(172.9, 54.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac8a8e

Analogous

#8aac97

#8aaca8

#8a9fac

Triadic

#8aaca8

#a88aac

#aca88a

Split-complementary

#8aaca8

#ac8a9f

#ac978a

Tetradic

#8aaca8

#8a8eac

#ac8a8e

#aca88a

Square

#8aaca8

#978aac

#ac8a8e

#9fac8a

Shades

Color #8aaca8 mixed toward black.

#6c9792

#567975

#405b58

#2b3c3a

#151e1d

Tints

Color #8aaca8 mixed toward white.

#9ebab7

#b1c8c5

#c5d6d4

#d8e3e2

#ecf1f1

Tones

Color #8aaca8 mixed toward gray.

#8da9a6

#90a6a4

#93a4a2

#95a19f

#989e9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa9 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#9895a9 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#8caaaa · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aaca8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aaca8]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8aaca8 (#8aaca8) is rgb(138, 172, 168) in RGB.

No, #8aaca8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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