#868e8f

Color #868e8f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.74 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#868e8f

RGB

rgb(134, 142, 143)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 3.9%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 6.3%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(58.41, -2.7, -1.54)

LCH

lch(58.41, 3.11, 209.7)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0094, 205.75)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 52.5%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f8786

Analogous

#868f8b

#868e8f

#86898f

Triadic

#868e8f

#8f868e

#8e8f86

Split-complementary

#868e8f

#8f8689

#8f8b86

Tetradic

#868e8f

#87868f

#8f8786

#8e8f86

Square

#868e8f

#8b868f

#8f8786

#898f86

Shades

Color #868e8f mixed toward black.

#6f7778

#595f60

#434748

#2c3030

#161818

Tints

Color #868e8f mixed toward white.

#9aa1a2

#aeb4b4

#c2c6c7

#d7d9da

#ebecec

Tones

Color #868e8f mixed toward gray.

#878d8e

#878d8d

#888c8d

#898c8c

#8a8b8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a8f · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#89888f · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#868f8f · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #868e8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#868e8f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#868e8f (#868e8f) is rgb(134, 142, 143) in RGB.

No, #868e8f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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