#8ea7a3

Color #8ea7a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.89 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea7a3

RGB

rgb(142, 167, 163)

HSL

hsl(170.4, 12.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.4, 15%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(66.54, -9.48, -0.84)

LCH

lch(66.54, 9.52, 185.06)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0284, 184.85)

HWB

hwb(170.4, 55.7%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a78e92

Analogous

#8ea797

#8ea7a3

#8e9fa7

Triadic

#8ea7a3

#a38ea7

#a7a38e

Split-complementary

#8ea7a3

#a78e9f

#a7978e

Tetradic

#8ea7a3

#8e92a7

#a78e92

#a7a38e

Square

#8ea7a3

#978ea7

#a78e92

#9fa78e

Shades

Color #8ea7a3 mixed toward black.

#71908b

#5a7470

#445754

#2d3a38

#171d1c

Tints

Color #8ea7a3 mixed toward white.

#a1b6b2

#b4c4c2

#c7d3d1

#d9e2e0

#ecf0f0

Tones

Color #8ea7a3 mixed toward gray.

#90a5a2

#92a3a0

#94a19f

#969f9d

#989d9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999aa4 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#9896a4 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#8fa5a5 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea7a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea7a3]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ea7a3 (#8ea7a3) is rgb(142, 167, 163) in RGB.

No, #8ea7a3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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