#8aaba7

Color #8aaba7

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.45 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8aaba7

RGB

rgb(138, 171, 167)

HSL

hsl(172.7, 16.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.7, 19.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(67.51, -12.08, -1.68)

LCH

lch(67.51, 12.2, 187.92)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0366, 187.38)

HWB

hwb(172.7, 54.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab8a8e

Analogous

#8aab97

#8aaba7

#8a9fab

Triadic

#8aaba7

#a78aab

#aba78a

Split-complementary

#8aaba7

#ab8a9f

#ab978a

Tetradic

#8aaba7

#8a8eab

#ab8a8e

#aba78a

Square

#8aaba7

#978aab

#ab8a8e

#9fab8a

Shades

Color #8aaba7 mixed toward black.

#6c9590

#567874

#415a57

#2b3c3a

#161e1d

Tints

Color #8aaba7 mixed toward white.

#9eb9b6

#b1c7c4

#c5d5d3

#d8e3e2

#ecf1f0

Tones

Color #8aaba7 mixed toward gray.

#8da8a5

#90a6a3

#92a3a1

#95a09f

#989d9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999aa8 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#9795a8 · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#8ca9a9 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aaba7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aaba7]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8aaba7 (#8aaba7) is rgb(138, 171, 167) in RGB.

No, #8aaba7 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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