#8ea3a3

Color #8ea3a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.62 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea3a3

RGB

rgb(142, 163, 163)

HSL

hsl(180, 10.2%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 12.9%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(65.43, -7.32, -2.48)

LCH

lch(65.43, 7.73, 198.72)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0236, 196.51)

HWB

hwb(180, 55.7%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a38e8e

Analogous

#8ea398

#8ea3a3

#8e98a3

Triadic

#8ea3a3

#a38ea3

#a3a38e

Split-complementary

#8ea3a3

#a38e98

#a3988e

Tetradic

#8ea3a3

#8e8ea3

#a38e8e

#a3a38e

Square

#8ea3a3

#988ea3

#a38e8e

#98a38e

Shades

Color #8ea3a3 mixed toward black.

#728c8c

#5b7070

#445454

#2e3838

#171c1c

Tints

Color #8ea3a3 mixed toward white.

#a1b2b2

#b4c2c2

#c7d1d1

#d9e0e0

#ecf0f0

Tones

Color #8ea3a3 mixed toward gray.

#90a1a1

#929f9f

#939e9e

#959c9c

#979a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a3 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#9695a3 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#8fa3a3 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea3a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea3a3]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#8ea3a3 (#8ea3a3) is rgb(142, 163, 163) in RGB.

No, #8ea3a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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