#8ea8a6

Color #8ea8a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.87 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea8a6

RGB

rgb(142, 168, 166)

HSL

hsl(175.4, 13%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.4, 15.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(66.91, -9.38, -1.98)

LCH

lch(66.91, 9.59, 191.92)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.029, 190.73)

HWB

hwb(175.4, 55.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a88e90

Analogous

#8ea899

#8ea8a6

#8e9da8

Triadic

#8ea8a6

#a68ea8

#a8a68e

Split-complementary

#8ea8a6

#a88e9d

#a8998e

Tetradic

#8ea8a6

#8e90a8

#a88e90

#a8a68e

Square

#8ea8a6

#998ea8

#a88e90

#9da88e

Shades

Color #8ea8a6 mixed toward black.

#71928f

#5a7573

#435856

#2d3a39

#161d1d

Tints

Color #8ea8a6 mixed toward white.

#a1b7b5

#b4c5c4

#c7d4d3

#d9e2e1

#ecf1f0

Tones

Color #8ea8a6 mixed toward gray.

#90a6a4

#92a4a2

#95a2a1

#979f9f

#999d9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa6 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#9896a7 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#8fa7a7 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea8a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea8a6]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ea8a6 (#8ea8a6) is rgb(142, 168, 166) in RGB.

No, #8ea8a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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