#8a9ea2

Color #8a9ea2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.39 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8a9ea2

RGB

rgb(138, 158, 162)

HSL

hsl(190, 11.4%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190, 14.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(63.73, -6.16, -4.46)

LCH

lch(63.73, 7.61, 215.91)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0234, 211.17)

HWB

hwb(190, 54.1%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a28e8a

Analogous

#8aa29a

#8a9ea2

#8a92a2

Triadic

#8a9ea2

#a28a9e

#9ea28a

Split-complementary

#8a9ea2

#a28a92

#a29a8a

Tetradic

#8a9ea2

#8e8aa2

#a28e8a

#9ea28a

Square

#8a9ea2

#9a8aa2

#a28e8a

#92a28a

Shades

Color #8a9ea2 mixed toward black.

#6f868b

#596c6f

#425154

#2c3638

#161b1c

Tints

Color #8a9ea2 mixed toward white.

#9daeb1

#b1bec1

#c4ced0

#d8dfe0

#ebefef

Tones

Color #8a9ea2 mixed toward gray.

#8c9da0

#8e9b9e

#909a9c

#92999a

#949798

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a1 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#9290a1 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#8ba0a0 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 8.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8a9ea2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8a9ea2]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#8a9ea2 (#8a9ea2) is rgb(138, 158, 162) in RGB.

No, #8a9ea2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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