#8b9b99

Color #8b9b99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.97 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9b99

RGB

rgb(139, 155, 153)

HSL

hsl(172.5, 7.4%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.5, 10.3%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(62.7, -6.08, -0.89)

LCH

lch(62.7, 6.14, 188.33)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.0185, 187.78)

HWB

hwb(172.5, 54.5%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b8b8d

Analogous

#8b9b91

#8b9b99

#8b959b

Triadic

#8b9b99

#998b9b

#9b998b

Split-complementary

#8b9b99

#9b8b95

#9b918b

Tetradic

#8b9b99

#8b8d9b

#9b8b8d

#9b998b

Square

#8b9b99

#918b9b

#9b8b8d

#959b8b

Shades

Color #8b9b99 mixed toward black.

#718381

#5b6967

#444f4e

#2d3534

#171a1a

Tints

Color #8b9b99 mixed toward white.

#9eacaa

#b2bcbb

#c5cdcc

#d8dedd

#eceeee

Tones

Color #8b9b99 mixed toward gray.

#8c9a98

#8e9897

#8f9796

#909695

#929494

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929299 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#91909a · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#8c9a9a · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9b99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9b99]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8b9b99 (#8b9b99) is rgb(139, 155, 153) in RGB.

No, #8b9b99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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