#8e9697

Color #8e9697

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.35 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9697

RGB

rgb(142, 150, 151)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 4.1%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 6%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(61.48, -2.68, -1.52)

LCH

lch(61.48, 3.08, 209.56)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.0094, 205.75)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 55.7%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#978f8e

Analogous

#8e9794

#8e9697

#8e9297

Triadic

#8e9697

#978e96

#96978e

Split-complementary

#8e9697

#978e92

#97948e

Tetradic

#8e9697

#8f8e97

#978f8e

#96978e

Square

#8e9697

#948e97

#978f8e

#92978e

Shades

Color #8e9697 mixed toward black.

#757e7f

#5e6566

#464c4c

#2f3233

#171919

Tints

Color #8e9697 mixed toward white.

#a1a8a8

#b4b9ba

#c7cbcb

#d9dcdc

#eceeee

Tones

Color #8e9697 mixed toward gray.

#8f9696

#909596

#909495

#919494

#929393

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929297 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#919097 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#8e9797 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 3.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9697;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9697]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8e9697 (#8e9697) is rgb(142, 150, 151) in RGB.

No, #8e9697 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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