#8baaaa

Color #8baaaa

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.3 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8baaaa

RGB

rgb(139, 170, 170)

HSL

hsl(180, 15.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 18.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(67.38, -10.57, -3.53)

LCH

lch(67.38, 11.14, 198.47)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.0341, 196.36)

HWB

hwb(180, 54.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8b8b

Analogous

#8baa9b

#8baaaa

#8b9baa

Triadic

#8baaaa

#aa8baa

#aaaa8b

Split-complementary

#8baaaa

#aa8b9b

#aa9b8b

Tetradic

#8baaaa

#8b8baa

#aa8b8b

#aaaa8b

Square

#8baaaa

#9b8baa

#aa8b8b

#9baa8b

Shades

Color #8baaaa mixed toward black.

#6d9494

#577777

#415959

#2c3b3b

#161e1e

Tints

Color #8baaaa mixed toward white.

#9eb8b8

#b2c6c6

#c5d5d5

#d8e3e3

#ecf1f1

Tones

Color #8baaaa mixed toward gray.

#8ea7a7

#90a5a5

#93a2a2

#95a0a0

#989d9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999aaa · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#9895aa · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#8daaaa · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8baaaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8baaaa]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#8baaaa (#8baaaa) is rgb(139, 170, 170) in RGB.

No, #8baaaa 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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