#8a959a

Color #8a959a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.76 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a959a

RGB

rgb(138, 149, 154)

HSL

hsl(198.7, 7.3%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.7, 10.4%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(60.98, -2.9, -3.99)

LCH

lch(60.98, 4.93, 233.99)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0147, 226.65)

HWB

hwb(198.7, 54.1%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a8f8a

Analogous

#8a9a97

#8a959a

#8a8d9a

Triadic

#8a959a

#9a8a95

#959a8a

Split-complementary

#8a959a

#9a8a8d

#9a978a

Tetradic

#8a959a

#8f8a9a

#9a8f8a

#959a8a

Square

#8a959a

#978a9a

#9a8f8a

#8d9a8a

Shades

Color #8a959a mixed toward black.

#717d83

#5a6469

#444b4e

#2d3234

#17191a

Tints

Color #8a959a mixed toward white.

#9ea7ab

#b1b8bc

#c5cacd

#d8dcdd

#ecedee

Tones

Color #8a959a mixed toward gray.

#8b9599

#8d9497

#8e9496

#8f9395

#919393

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f99 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#8e8d99 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#8b9898 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 5.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #8a959a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a959a]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#8a959a (#8a959a) is rgb(138, 149, 154) in RGB.

No, #8a959a 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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