#8ea8a4

Color #8ea8a4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.13 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea8a4

RGB

rgb(142, 168, 164)

HSL

hsl(170.8, 13%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.8, 15.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(66.85, -9.8, -0.95)

LCH

lch(66.85, 9.85, 185.54)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0294, 185.26)

HWB

hwb(170.8, 55.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a88e92

Analogous

#8ea897

#8ea8a4

#8e9fa8

Triadic

#8ea8a4

#a48ea8

#a8a48e

Split-complementary

#8ea8a4

#a88e9f

#a8978e

Tetradic

#8ea8a4

#8e92a8

#a88e92

#a8a48e

Square

#8ea8a4

#978ea8

#a88e92

#9fa88e

Shades

Color #8ea8a4 mixed toward black.

#71928d

#5a7571

#435855

#2d3a38

#161d1c

Tints

Color #8ea8a4 mixed toward white.

#a1b7b3

#b4c5c2

#c7d4d2

#d9e2e1

#ecf1f0

Tones

Color #8ea8a4 mixed toward gray.

#90a6a3

#92a4a1

#95a2a0

#979f9e

#999d9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa5 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#9896a5 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#8fa6a6 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea8a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea8a4]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ea8a4 (#8ea8a4) is rgb(142, 168, 164) in RGB.

No, #8ea8a4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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