#8b9695

Color #8b9695

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.71 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8b9695

RGB

rgb(139, 150, 149)

HSL

hsl(174.5, 5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.5, 7.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(61.2, -4.15, -0.83)

LCH

lch(61.2, 4.23, 191.31)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.0128, 190.34)

HWB

hwb(174.5, 54.5%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#968b8c

Analogous

#8b9690

#8b9695

#8b9296

Triadic

#8b9695

#958b96

#96958b

Split-complementary

#8b9695

#968b92

#96908b

Tetradic

#8b9695

#8b8c96

#968b8c

#96958b

Square

#8b9695

#908b96

#968b8c

#92968b

Shades

Color #8b9695 mixed toward black.

#727f7d

#5c6564

#454c4b

#2e3332

#171919

Tints

Color #8b9695 mixed toward white.

#9ea8a7

#b2b9b8

#c5cbca

#d8dcdc

#eceeed

Tones

Color #8b9695 mixed toward gray.

#8c9594

#8d9494

#8e9393

#8f9292

#909291

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#909095 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#8f8e95 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#8c9595 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 5.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8b9695;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8b9695]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8b9695 (#8b9695) is rgb(139, 150, 149) in RGB.

No, #8b9695 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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