#8aa9aa

Color #8aa9aa

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8aa9aa

RGB

rgb(138, 169, 170)

HSL

hsl(181.9, 15.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.9, 18.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(67.04, -10.36, -4.04)

LCH

lch(67.04, 11.12, 201.3)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0341, 198.81)

HWB

hwb(181.9, 54.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8b8a

Analogous

#8aaa9b

#8aa9aa

#8a99aa

Triadic

#8aa9aa

#aa8aa9

#a9aa8a

Split-complementary

#8aa9aa

#aa8a99

#aa9b8a

Tetradic

#8aa9aa

#8b8aaa

#aa8b8a

#a9aa8a

Square

#8aa9aa

#9b8aaa

#aa8b8a

#99aa8a

Shades

Color #8aa9aa mixed toward black.

#6c9394

#567677

#415859

#2b3b3b

#161d1e

Tints

Color #8aa9aa mixed toward white.

#9eb7b8

#b1c6c6

#c5d4d4

#d8e2e3

#ecf1f1

Tones

Color #8aa9aa mixed toward gray.

#8da6a7

#8fa4a5

#92a1a2

#959f9f

#979d9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899aa · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#9794aa · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#8caaaa · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aa9aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aa9aa]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#8aa9aa (#8aa9aa) is rgb(138, 169, 170) in RGB.

No, #8aa9aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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