#8baba6

Color #8baba6

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.87 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8baba6

RGB

rgb(139, 171, 166)

HSL

hsl(170.6, 16%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.6, 18.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(67.55, -11.97, -1.06)

LCH

lch(67.55, 12.02, 185.06)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.0358, 184.8)

HWB

hwb(170.6, 54.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab8b90

Analogous

#8bab96

#8baba6

#8ba0ab

Triadic

#8baba6

#a68bab

#aba68b

Split-complementary

#8baba6

#ab8ba0

#ab968b

Tetradic

#8baba6

#8b90ab

#ab8b90

#aba68b

Square

#8baba6

#968bab

#ab8b90

#a0ab8b

Shades

Color #8baba6 mixed toward black.

#6d958f

#577873

#415a56

#2b3c39

#161e1d

Tints

Color #8baba6 mixed toward white.

#9eb9b5

#b2c7c4

#c5d5d3

#d8e3e1

#ecf1f0

Tones

Color #8baba6 mixed toward gray.

#8ea8a4

#90a6a2

#93a3a1

#96a09f

#989e9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa7 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#9896a8 · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#8da8a8 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8baba6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8baba6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8baba6 (#8baba6) is rgb(139, 171, 166) in RGB.

No, #8baba6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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