#8ba8ac

Color #8ba8ac

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.8 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8ba8ac

RGB

rgb(139, 168, 172)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 16.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 19.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.88, -9.06, -5.38)

LCH

lch(66.88, 10.54, 210.7)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0326, 206.64)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 54.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac8f8b

Analogous

#8baca0

#8ba8ac

#8b98ac

Triadic

#8ba8ac

#ac8ba8

#a8ac8b

Split-complementary

#8ba8ac

#ac8b98

#aca08b

Tetradic

#8ba8ac

#8f8bac

#ac8f8b

#a8ac8b

Square

#8ba8ac

#a08bac

#ac8f8b

#98ac8b

Shades

Color #8ba8ac mixed toward black.

#6d9196

#567579

#41585b

#2b3a3c

#161d1e

Tints

Color #8ba8ac mixed toward white.

#9eb7ba

#b2c5c8

#c5d4d6

#d8e2e3

#ecf1f1

Tones

Color #8ba8ac mixed toward gray.

#8ea6a9

#91a4a7

#93a2a4

#96a0a1

#999e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899ab · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#9794ab · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#8daaaa · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ba8ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ba8ac]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ba8ac (#8ba8ac) is rgb(139, 168, 172) in RGB.

No, #8ba8ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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