#8bb5b8

Color #8bb5b8

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.72 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8bb5b8

RGB

rgb(139, 181, 184)

HSL

hsl(184, 24.1%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184, 24.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(70.87, -13.27, -6.11)

LCH

lch(70.87, 14.61, 204.72)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0451, 201.73)

HWB

hwb(184, 54.5%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b88e8b

Analogous

#8bb8a4

#8bb5b8

#8b9eb8

Triadic

#8bb5b8

#b88bb5

#b5b88b

Split-complementary

#8bb5b8

#b88b9e

#b8a48b

Tetradic

#8bb5b8

#8e8bb8

#b88e8b

#b5b88b

Square

#8bb5b8

#a48bb8

#b88e8b

#9eb88b

Shades

Color #8bb5b8 mixed toward black.

#69a0a4

#528286

#3d6264

#294143

#142121

Tints

Color #8bb5b8 mixed toward white.

#9ec1c4

#b2ced0

#c5dadb

#d8e6e7

#ecf3f3

Tones

Color #8bb5b8 mixed toward gray.

#8fb2b4

#92aeb0

#96abad

#9aa8a9

#9ea5a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fb7 · ΔE 20.2

Deuteranopia

#9c99b7 · ΔE 22.6

Tritanopia

#8db7b7 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8bb5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bb5b8]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8bb5b8 (#8bb5b8) is rgb(139, 181, 184) in RGB.

No, #8bb5b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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