#8ca6a8

Color #8ca6a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.9 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca6a8

RGB

rgb(140, 166, 168)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 13.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 16.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(66.27, -8.53, -4.05)

LCH

lch(66.27, 9.44, 205.4)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0291, 202.24)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 54.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a88e8c

Analogous

#8ca89c

#8ca6a8

#8c98a8

Triadic

#8ca6a8

#a88ca6

#a6a88c

Split-complementary

#8ca6a8

#a88c98

#a89c8c

Tetradic

#8ca6a8

#8e8ca8

#a88e8c

#a6a88c

Square

#8ca6a8

#9c8ca8

#a88e8c

#98a88c

Shades

Color #8ca6a8 mixed toward black.

#6f8f92

#587375

#425658

#2c393a

#161d1d

Tints

Color #8ca6a8 mixed toward white.

#9fb5b7

#b2c4c5

#c5d3d4

#d9e1e2

#ecf0f1

Tones

Color #8ca6a8 mixed toward gray.

#8ea4a6

#91a2a3

#93a0a1

#959e9f

#989c9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a8 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#9694a7 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#8da7a7 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca6a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca6a8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ca6a8 (#8ca6a8) is rgb(140, 166, 168) in RGB.

No, #8ca6a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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