#8e9897

Color #8e9897

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.17 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9897

RGB

rgb(142, 152, 151)

HSL

hsl(174, 4.6%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174, 6.6%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(62.03, -3.78, -0.71)

LCH

lch(62.03, 3.85, 190.64)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.0116, 189.95)

HWB

hwb(174, 55.7%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#988e8f

Analogous

#8e9892

#8e9897

#8e9498

Triadic

#8e9897

#978e98

#98978e

Split-complementary

#8e9897

#988e94

#98928e

Tetradic

#8e9897

#8e8f98

#988e8f

#98978e

Square

#8e9897

#928e98

#988e8f

#94988e

Shades

Color #8e9897 mixed toward black.

#75807f

#5d6666

#464d4c

#2f3333

#171a19

Tints

Color #8e9897 mixed toward white.

#a1a9a8

#b4baba

#c6cbcb

#d9dddc

#eceeee

Tones

Color #8e9897 mixed toward gray.

#8f9796

#909696

#909595

#919594

#929494

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929397 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#929197 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#8f9797 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 5.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9897;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9897]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8e9897 (#8e9897) is rgb(142, 152, 151) in RGB.

No, #8e9897 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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