#8ab5b8

Color #8ab5b8

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.49 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8ab5b8

RGB

rgb(138, 181, 184)

HSL

hsl(183.9, 24.5%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.9, 25%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(70.81, -13.58, -6.21)

LCH

lch(70.81, 14.93, 204.57)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0461, 201.5)

HWB

hwb(183.9, 54.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b88d8a

Analogous

#8ab8a4

#8ab5b8

#8a9eb8

Triadic

#8ab5b8

#b88ab5

#b5b88a

Split-complementary

#8ab5b8

#b88a9e

#b8a48a

Tetradic

#8ab5b8

#8d8ab8

#b88d8a

#b5b88a

Square

#8ab5b8

#a48ab8

#b88d8a

#9eb88a

Shades

Color #8ab5b8 mixed toward black.

#68a0a4

#518286

#3d6264

#284143

#142121

Tints

Color #8ab5b8 mixed toward white.

#9dc1c4

#b1ced0

#c4dadb

#d8e6e7

#ebf3f3

Tones

Color #8ab5b8 mixed toward gray.

#8eb2b4

#92aeb0

#95abac

#99a8a9

#9da4a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9fb7 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#9c99b7 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#8db7b7 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ab5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ab5b8]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ab5b8 (#8ab5b8) is rgb(138, 181, 184) in RGB.

No, #8ab5b8 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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