#8aa5a8

Color #8aa5a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.39 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8aa5a8

RGB

rgb(138, 165, 168)

HSL

hsl(186, 14.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 17.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 1.8%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(65.86, -8.65, -4.67)

LCH

lch(65.86, 9.83, 208.36)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0303, 204.79)

HWB

hwb(186, 54.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a88d8a

Analogous

#8aa89c

#8aa5a8

#8a96a8

Triadic

#8aa5a8

#a88aa5

#a5a88a

Split-complementary

#8aa5a8

#a88a96

#a89c8a

Tetradic

#8aa5a8

#8d8aa8

#a88d8a

#a5a88a

Square

#8aa5a8

#9c8aa8

#a88d8a

#96a88a

Shades

Color #8aa5a8 mixed toward black.

#6d8e92

#577275

#415558

#2c393a

#161c1d

Tints

Color #8aa5a8 mixed toward white.

#9eb4b6

#b1c3c5

#c5d2d3

#d8e1e2

#ecf0f0

Tones

Color #8aa5a8 mixed toward gray.

#8da3a5

#8fa1a3

#929fa0

#949d9e

#979b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697a7 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#9593a7 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#8ca7a7 · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aa5a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aa5a8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8aa5a8 (#8aa5a8) is rgb(138, 165, 168) in RGB.

No, #8aa5a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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