#8f9697

Color #8f9697

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.14 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8f9697

RGB

rgb(143, 150, 151)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 3.7%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 5.3%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(61.56, -2.32, -1.4)

LCH

lch(61.56, 2.71, 211.11)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0083, 207.18)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 56.1%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97908f

Analogous

#8f9794

#8f9697

#8f9297

Triadic

#8f9697

#978f96

#96978f

Split-complementary

#8f9697

#978f92

#97948f

Tetradic

#8f9697

#908f97

#97908f

#96978f

Square

#8f9697

#948f97

#97908f

#92978f

Shades

Color #8f9697 mixed toward black.

#767e7f

#5e6566

#474b4c

#2f3233

#181919

Tints

Color #8f9697 mixed toward white.

#a2a7a8

#b4b9ba

#c7cacb

#dadcdc

#ecedee

Tones

Color #8f9697 mixed toward gray.

#909596

#919495

#929494

#929394

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929297 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#929197 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#8f9797 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 3.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f9697;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f9697]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#8f9697 (#8f9697) is rgb(143, 150, 151) in RGB.

No, #8f9697 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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