#8ba7a9

Color #8ba7a9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.48 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#8ba7a9

RGB

rgb(139, 167, 169)

HSL

hsl(184, 14.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184, 17.8%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(66.51, -9.18, -4.25)

LCH

lch(66.51, 10.12, 204.84)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0311, 201.87)

HWB

hwb(184, 54.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a98d8b

Analogous

#8ba99c

#8ba7a9

#8b98a9

Triadic

#8ba7a9

#a98ba7

#a7a98b

Split-complementary

#8ba7a9

#a98b98

#a99c8b

Tetradic

#8ba7a9

#8d8ba9

#a98d8b

#a7a98b

Square

#8ba7a9

#9c8ba9

#a98d8b

#98a98b

Shades

Color #8ba7a9 mixed toward black.

#6d9193

#577476

#425758

#2c3a3b

#161d1d

Tints

Color #8ba7a9 mixed toward white.

#9eb6b7

#b2c4c6

#c5d3d4

#d8e2e2

#ecf0f1

Tones

Color #8ba7a9 mixed toward gray.

#8da5a7

#90a3a4

#92a1a2

#959e9f

#989c9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a9 · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#9694a8 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#8da8a8 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ba7a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ba7a9]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ba7a9 (#8ba7a9) is rgb(139, 167, 169) in RGB.

No, #8ba7a9 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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