#8aa4aa

Color #8aa4aa

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8aa4aa

RGB

rgb(138, 164, 170)

HSL

hsl(191.2, 15.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.2, 18.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(65.64, -7.67, -6.12)

LCH

lch(65.64, 9.81, 218.59)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.0303, 213.27)

HWB

hwb(191.2, 54.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa908a

Analogous

#8aaaa0

#8aa4aa

#8a94aa

Triadic

#8aa4aa

#aa8aa4

#a4aa8a

Split-complementary

#8aa4aa

#aa8a94

#aaa08a

Tetradic

#8aa4aa

#908aaa

#aa908a

#a4aa8a

Square

#8aa4aa

#a08aaa

#aa908a

#94aa8a

Shades

Color #8aa4aa mixed toward black.

#6c8d94

#567177

#415559

#2b383b

#161c1e

Tints

Color #8aa4aa mixed toward white.

#9eb3b8

#b1c2c6

#c5d2d4

#d8e1e3

#ecf0f1

Tones

Color #8aa4aa mixed toward gray.

#8da2a7

#8fa1a5

#929fa2

#959d9f

#979c9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a9 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#9492a8 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#8ba7a7 · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aa4aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aa4aa]

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#8aa4aa (#8aa4aa) is rgb(138, 164, 170) in RGB.

No, #8aa4aa 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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