#8b9897

Color #8b9897

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.93 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9897

RGB

rgb(139, 152, 151)

HSL

hsl(175.4, 5.9%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.4, 8.6%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(61.81, -4.84, -1.07)

LCH

lch(61.81, 4.96, 192.47)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.015, 191.16)

HWB

hwb(175.4, 54.5%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#988b8c

Analogous

#8b9891

#8b9897

#8b9398

Triadic

#8b9897

#978b98

#98978b

Split-complementary

#8b9897

#988b93

#98918b

Tetradic

#8b9897

#8b8c98

#988b8c

#98978b

Square

#8b9897

#918b98

#988b8c

#93988b

Shades

Color #8b9897 mixed toward black.

#72807f

#5b6766

#454d4c

#2e3333

#171a19

Tints

Color #8b9897 mixed toward white.

#9ea9a8

#b2baba

#c5cccb

#d8dddc

#eceeee

Tones

Color #8b9897 mixed toward gray.

#8c9796

#8d9695

#8e9594

#8f9493

#919393

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919197 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#908f97 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#8c9797 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 6.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9897;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9897]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8b9897 (#8b9897) is rgb(139, 152, 151) in RGB.

No, #8b9897 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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