#8ab1b4

Color #8ab1b4

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.26 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab1b4

RGB

rgb(138, 177, 180)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 21.9%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 23.3%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.3%, 1.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(69.57, -12.38, -5.84)

LCH

lch(69.57, 13.69, 205.25)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0422, 202.13)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 54.1%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b48d8a

Analogous

#8ab4a2

#8ab1b4

#8a9cb4

Triadic

#8ab1b4

#b48ab1

#b1b48a

Split-complementary

#8ab1b4

#b48a9c

#b4a28a

Tetradic

#8ab1b4

#8d8ab4

#b48d8a

#b1b48a

Square

#8ab1b4

#a28ab4

#b48d8a

#9cb48a

Shades

Color #8ab1b4 mixed toward black.

#6a9c9f

#537e81

#3e5e61

#293f41

#151f20

Tints

Color #8ab1b4 mixed toward white.

#9ebec1

#b1cbcd

#c5d8da

#d8e5e6

#ecf2f3

Tones

Color #8ab1b4 mixed toward gray.

#8eaeb1

#91abad

#95a8aa

#98a5a6

#9ca2a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9db3 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#9a97b3 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#8cb3b3 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab1b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab1b4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ab1b4 (#8ab1b4) is rgb(138, 177, 180) in RGB.

No, #8ab1b4 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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