#8ab2ac

Color #8ab2ac

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.57 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab2ac

RGB

rgb(138, 178, 172)

HSL

hsl(171, 20.6%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171, 22.5%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(69.63, -14.68, -1.34)

LCH

lch(69.63, 14.74, 185.22)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.044, 184.96)

HWB

hwb(171, 54.1%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b28a90

Analogous

#8ab298

#8ab2ac

#8aa4b2

Triadic

#8ab2ac

#ac8ab2

#b2ac8a

Split-complementary

#8ab2ac

#b28aa4

#b2988a

Tetradic

#8ab2ac

#8a90b2

#b28a90

#b2ac8a

Square

#8ab2ac

#988ab2

#b28a90

#a4b28a

Shades

Color #8ab2ac mixed toward black.

#6a9d96

#547f79

#3f5f5a

#2a403c

#15201e

Tints

Color #8ab2ac mixed toward white.

#9ebfba

#b1ccc8

#c5d9d6

#d8e5e3

#ecf2f1

Tones

Color #8ab2ac mixed toward gray.

#8dafaa

#91aba7

#94a8a5

#97a5a3

#9ba1a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dad · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#9b97ae · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#8cafaf · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab2ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab2ac]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ab2ac (#8ab2ac) is rgb(138, 178, 172) in RGB.

No, #8ab2ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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