#8aada2

Color #8aada2

A muted light green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.64 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8aada2

RGB

rgb(138, 173, 162)

HSL

hsl(161.1, 17.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(161.1, 20.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(67.95, -14.2, 1.72)

LCH

lch(67.95, 14.3, 173.09)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0414, 173.9)

HWB

hwb(161.1, 54.1%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad8a95

Analogous

#8aad91

#8aada2

#8aa7ad

Triadic

#8aada2

#a28aad

#ada28a

Split-complementary

#8aada2

#ad8aa7

#ad918a

Tetradic

#8aada2

#8a95ad

#ad8a95

#ada28a

Square

#8aada2

#918aad

#ad8a95

#a7ad8a

Shades

Color #8aada2 mixed toward black.

#6c988a

#557a6e

#405b53

#2b3d37

#151e1c

Tints

Color #8aada2 mixed toward white.

#9ebbb2

#b1c8c1

#c5d6d1

#d8e4e0

#ecf1f0

Tones

Color #8aada2 mixed toward gray.

#8daaa1

#90a7a0

#93a49f

#96a19e

#999e9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ba5 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#9896a5 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#8ca7a7 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8aada2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8aada2]

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Frequently asked questions

#8aada2 (#8aada2) is rgb(138, 173, 162) in RGB.

No, #8aada2 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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