#8a9691

Color #8a9691

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9691

RGB

rgb(138, 150, 145)

HSL

hsl(155, 5.4%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(155, 8%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8%, 0%, 3.3%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(61.01, -5.31, 1.16)

LCH

lch(61.01, 5.44, 167.68)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.0156, 168.91)

HWB

hwb(155, 54.1%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#968a8f

Analogous

#8a968b

#8a9691

#8a9596

Triadic

#8a9691

#918a96

#96918a

Split-complementary

#8a9691

#968a95

#968b8a

Tetradic

#8a9691

#8a8f96

#968a8f

#96918a

Square

#8a9691

#8b8a96

#968a8f

#95968a

Shades

Color #8a9691 mixed toward black.

#727f79

#5b6561

#444c49

#2d3330

#171918

Tints

Color #8a9691 mixed toward white.

#9ea8a3

#b1b9b6

#c5cbc8

#d8dcda

#eceeed

Tones

Color #8a9691 mixed toward gray.

#8b9591

#8c9491

#8d9391

#8e9290

#8f9190

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

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

#8f8f92 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#8f8e93 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#8b9393 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9691;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9691]

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Frequently asked questions

#8a9691 (#8a9691) is rgb(138, 150, 145) in RGB.

No, #8a9691 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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