#8aa5af

Color #8aa5af

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8aa5af

RGB

rgb(138, 165, 175)

HSL

hsl(196.2, 18.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.2, 21.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(66.06, -7.08, -8.27)

LCH

lch(66.06, 10.89, 229.43)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.0333, 222.2)

HWB

hwb(196.2, 54.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af948a

Analogous

#8aafa7

#8aa5af

#8a93af

Triadic

#8aa5af

#af8aa5

#a5af8a

Split-complementary

#8aa5af

#af8a93

#afa78a

Tetradic

#8aa5af

#948aaf

#af948a

#a5af8a

Square

#8aa5af

#a78aaf

#af948a

#93af8a

Shades

Color #8aa5af mixed toward black.

#6b8d9a

#55717c

#40555d

#2a393e

#151c1f

Tints

Color #8aa5af mixed toward white.

#9eb4bc

#b1c3ca

#c5d2d7

#d8e1e4

#ecf0f2

Tones

Color #8aa5af mixed toward gray.

#8da4ac

#90a2a9

#93a1a6

#969fa3

#999ea0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697ad · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#9593ac · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#8cabaa · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aa5af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aa5af]

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Light Blue #add8e6

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Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#8aa5af (#8aa5af) is rgb(138, 165, 175) in RGB.

No, #8aa5af 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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