#8a9993

Color #8a9993

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.93 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9993

RGB

rgb(138, 153, 147)

HSL

hsl(156, 6.8%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(156, 9.8%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 3.9%, 40%)

LAB

lab(61.91, -6.56, 1.33)

LCH

lch(61.91, 6.69, 168.54)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0192, 169.8)

HWB

hwb(156, 54.1%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#998a90

Analogous

#8a998c

#8a9993

#8a9899

Triadic

#8a9993

#938a99

#99938a

Split-complementary

#8a9993

#998a98

#998c8a

Tetradic

#8a9993

#8a9099

#998a90

#99938a

Square

#8a9993

#8c8a99

#998a90

#98998a

Shades

Color #8a9993 mixed toward black.

#71827b

#5a6862

#444e4a

#2d3431

#171a19

Tints

Color #8a9993 mixed toward white.

#9eaaa5

#b1bbb7

#c5ccc9

#d8dddb

#eceeed

Tones

Color #8a9993 mixed toward gray.

#8b9893

#8d9793

#8e9592

#8f9492

#909392

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919194 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#908f95 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#8b9696 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9993;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9993]

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Frequently asked questions

#8a9993 (#8a9993) is rgb(138, 153, 147) in RGB.

No, #8a9993 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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