#839e9e

Color #839e9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.35 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#839e9e

RGB

rgb(131, 158, 158)

HSL

hsl(180, 12.2%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 17.1%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(63.13, -9.36, -3.14)

LCH

lch(63.13, 9.87, 198.55)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0301, 196.39)

HWB

hwb(180, 51.4%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e8383

Analogous

#839e91

#839e9e

#83919e

Triadic

#839e9e

#9e839e

#9e9e83

Split-complementary

#839e9e

#9e8391

#9e9183

Tetradic

#839e9e

#83839e

#9e8383

#9e9e83

Square

#839e9e

#91839e

#9e8383

#919e83

Shades

Color #839e9e mixed toward black.

#6a8787

#556c6c

#3f5151

#2a3636

#151b1b

Tints

Color #839e9e mixed toward white.

#98aeae

#acbebe

#c1cfcf

#d6dfdf

#eaefef

Tones

Color #839e9e mixed toward gray.

#859c9c

#889a9a

#8a9797

#8c9595

#8e9393

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f909e · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#8e8c9e · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#859e9e · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 10.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #839e9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#839e9e]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#839e9e (#839e9e) is rgb(131, 158, 158) in RGB.

No, #839e9e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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