#8ca9a6

Color #8ca9a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.95 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca9a6

RGB

rgb(140, 169, 166)

HSL

hsl(173.8, 14.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.8, 17.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(67.05, -10.58, -1.78)

LCH

lch(67.05, 10.73, 189.55)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0323, 188.73)

HWB

hwb(173.8, 54.9%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a98c8f

Analogous

#8ca998

#8ca9a6

#8c9ea9

Triadic

#8ca9a6

#a68ca9

#a9a68c

Split-complementary

#8ca9a6

#a98c9e

#a9988c

Tetradic

#8ca9a6

#8c8fa9

#a98c8f

#a9a68c

Square

#8ca9a6

#988ca9

#a98c8f

#9ea98c

Shades

Color #8ca9a6 mixed toward black.

#6f938f

#587673

#425856

#2c3b39

#161d1d

Tints

Color #8ca9a6 mixed toward white.

#9fb7b5

#b2c6c4

#c6d4d3

#d9e2e1

#ecf1f0

Tones

Color #8ca9a6 mixed toward gray.

#8ea7a4

#91a4a2

#93a2a0

#969f9e

#989d9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999aa7 · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#9895a7 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#8ea7a7 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca9a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca9a6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ca9a6 (#8ca9a6) is rgb(140, 169, 166) in RGB.

No, #8ca9a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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