#8ba3ab

Color #8ba3ab

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.29 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8ba3ab

RGB

rgb(139, 163, 171)

HSL

hsl(195, 16%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 18.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(65.45, -6.58, -6.94)

LCH

lch(65.45, 9.56, 226.53)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0293, 219.88)

HWB

hwb(195, 54.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab938b

Analogous

#8baba3

#8ba3ab

#8b93ab

Triadic

#8ba3ab

#ab8ba3

#a3ab8b

Split-complementary

#8ba3ab

#ab8b93

#aba38b

Tetradic

#8ba3ab

#938bab

#ab938b

#a3ab8b

Square

#8ba3ab

#a38bab

#ab938b

#93ab8b

Shades

Color #8ba3ab mixed toward black.

#6d8b95

#577078

#41545a

#2b383c

#161c1e

Tints

Color #8ba3ab mixed toward white.

#9eb2b9

#b2c2c7

#c5d1d5

#d8e0e3

#ecf0f1

Tones

Color #8ba3ab mixed toward gray.

#8ea2a8

#90a0a6

#939fa3

#969ea0

#989c9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a9 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#9593a9 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#8ca8a7 · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 9.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ba3ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ba3ab]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8ba3ab (#8ba3ab) is rgb(139, 163, 171) in RGB.

No, #8ba3ab 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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