#8ba09c

Color #8ba09c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.62 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8ba09c

RGB

rgb(139, 160, 156)

HSL

hsl(168.6, 10%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.6, 13.1%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(64.19, -8.18, -0.41)

LCH

lch(64.19, 8.19, 182.87)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0243, 182.83)

HWB

hwb(168.6, 54.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a08b8f

Analogous

#8ba091

#8ba09c

#8b99a0

Triadic

#8ba09c

#9c8ba0

#a09c8b

Split-complementary

#8ba09c

#a08b99

#a0918b

Tetradic

#8ba09c

#8b8fa0

#a08b8f

#a09c8b

Square

#8ba09c

#918ba0

#a08b8f

#99a08b

Shades

Color #8ba09c mixed toward black.

#708984

#5a6e6a

#43524f

#2d3735

#161b1a

Tints

Color #8ba09c mixed toward white.

#9eb0ac

#b2c0bd

#c5cfcd

#d8dfde

#ecefee

Tones

Color #8ba09c mixed toward gray.

#8d9e9b

#8e9c9a

#909b99

#929998

#949797

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#95959d · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#93929d · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#8c9e9e · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 9.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ba09c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ba09c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#8ba09c (#8ba09c) is rgb(139, 160, 156) in RGB.

No, #8ba09c 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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