#8ea6aa

Color #8ea6aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.31 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea6aa

RGB

rgb(142, 166, 170)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 14.1%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 16.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(66.46, -7.44, -4.86)

LCH

lch(66.46, 8.89, 213.15)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0274, 208.81)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 55.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa928e

Analogous

#8eaaa0

#8ea6aa

#8e98aa

Triadic

#8ea6aa

#aa8ea6

#a6aa8e

Split-complementary

#8ea6aa

#aa8e98

#aaa08e

Tetradic

#8ea6aa

#928eaa

#aa928e

#a6aa8e

Square

#8ea6aa

#a08eaa

#aa928e

#98aa8e

Shades

Color #8ea6aa mixed toward black.

#708f94

#597377

#435659

#2d393b

#161d1e

Tints

Color #8ea6aa mixed toward white.

#a1b5b8

#b4c4c6

#c7d3d5

#d9e1e3

#ecf0f1

Tones

Color #8ea6aa mixed toward gray.

#90a4a8

#93a3a5

#95a1a3

#979fa1

#9a9e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999a9 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#9896a9 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#8fa8a8 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 9.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea6aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea6aa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#8ea6aa (#8ea6aa) is rgb(142, 166, 170) in RGB.

No, #8ea6aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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