#8ca2a3

Color #8ca2a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.11 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca2a3

RGB

rgb(140, 162, 163)

HSL

hsl(182.6, 11.1%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.6, 14.1%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(65.01, -7.45, -3.11)

LCH

lch(65.01, 8.07, 202.66)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0247, 199.9)

HWB

hwb(182.6, 54.9%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a38d8c

Analogous

#8ca398

#8ca2a3

#8c96a3

Triadic

#8ca2a3

#a38ca2

#a2a38c

Split-complementary

#8ca2a3

#a38c96

#a3988c

Tetradic

#8ca2a3

#8d8ca3

#a38d8c

#a2a38c

Square

#8ca2a3

#988ca3

#a38d8c

#96a38c

Shades

Color #8ca2a3 mixed toward black.

#708b8c

#5a6f70

#435354

#2d3838

#161c1c

Tints

Color #8ca2a3 mixed toward white.

#9fb1b2

#b2c1c2

#c5d0d1

#d9e0e0

#eceff0

Tones

Color #8ca2a3 mixed toward gray.

#8ea0a1

#909e9f

#929d9d

#949b9b

#969999

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a3 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#9593a3 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#8da3a3 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca2a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca2a3]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#8ca2a3 (#8ca2a3) is rgb(140, 162, 163) in RGB.

No, #8ca2a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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