#8cb7b4

Color #8cb7b4

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.06 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb7b4

RGB

rgb(140, 183, 180)

HSL

hsl(175.8, 23%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.8, 23.5%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(71.38, -14.91, -3.16)

LCH

lch(71.38, 15.24, 191.97)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0461, 190.87)

HWB

hwb(175.8, 54.9%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b78c8f

Analogous

#8cb79e

#8cb7b4

#8ca4b7

Triadic

#8cb7b4

#b48cb7

#b7b48c

Split-complementary

#8cb7b4

#b78ca4

#b79e8c

Tetradic

#8cb7b4

#8c8fb7

#b78c8f

#b7b48c

Square

#8cb7b4

#9e8cb7

#b78c8f

#a4b78c

Shades

Color #8cb7b4 mixed toward black.

#6ba29e

#538481

#3e6361

#294240

#152120

Tints

Color #8cb7b4 mixed toward white.

#9fc3c0

#b2cfcd

#c5dbd9

#d9e7e6

#ecf3f2

Tones

Color #8cb7b4 mixed toward gray.

#8fb3b1

#93b0ae

#97acab

#9aa9a8

#9ea5a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a1b5 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#9e9bb5 · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#8fb5b5 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb7b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb7b4]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8cb7b4 (#8cb7b4) is rgb(140, 183, 180) in RGB.

No, #8cb7b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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