#8ca8a6

Color #8ca8a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.57 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca8a6

RGB

rgb(140, 168, 166)

HSL

hsl(175.7, 13.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.7, 16.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(66.77, -10.04, -2.19)

LCH

lch(66.77, 10.28, 192.31)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0311, 191.13)

HWB

hwb(175.7, 54.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a88c8e

Analogous

#8ca898

#8ca8a6

#8c9ca8

Triadic

#8ca8a6

#a68ca8

#a8a68c

Split-complementary

#8ca8a6

#a88c9c

#a8988c

Tetradic

#8ca8a6

#8c8ea8

#a88c8e

#a8a68c

Square

#8ca8a6

#988ca8

#a88c8e

#9ca88c

Shades

Color #8ca8a6 mixed toward black.

#6f928f

#587573

#425856

#2c3a39

#161d1d

Tints

Color #8ca8a6 mixed toward white.

#9fb7b5

#b2c5c4

#c5d4d3

#d9e2e1

#ecf1f0

Tones

Color #8ca8a6 mixed toward gray.

#8ea6a4

#91a3a2

#93a1a0

#959f9e

#989c9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a6 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#9795a7 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#8ea7a7 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca8a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca8a6]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ca8a6 (#8ca8a6) is rgb(140, 168, 166) in RGB.

No, #8ca8a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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