#8ea6b1

Color #8ea6b1

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea6b1

RGB

rgb(142, 166, 177)

HSL

hsl(198.9, 18.3%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.9, 19.8%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 6.2%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(66.67, -5.89, -8.45)

LCH

lch(66.67, 10.3, 235.12)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0312, 227.21)

HWB

hwb(198.9, 55.7%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1998e

Analogous

#8eb1aa

#8ea6b1

#8e94b1

Triadic

#8ea6b1

#b18ea6

#a6b18e

Split-complementary

#8ea6b1

#b18e94

#b1aa8e

Tetradic

#8ea6b1

#998eb1

#b1998e

#a6b18e

Square

#8ea6b1

#aa8eb1

#b1998e

#94b18e

Shades

Color #8ea6b1 mixed toward black.

#6e8d9b

#57717e

#41555e

#2b393f

#161c1f

Tints

Color #8ea6b1 mixed toward white.

#a1b5be

#b4c4cb

#c6d2d8

#d9e1e5

#ecf0f2

Tones

Color #8ea6b1 mixed toward gray.

#91a5ae

#94a4ab

#97a3a8

#9aa2a5

#9ca0a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999ae · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#9896ae · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#8facac · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 9.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea6b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea6b1]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#8ea6b1 (#8ea6b1) is rgb(142, 166, 177) in RGB.

No, #8ea6b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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