#8bafab

Color #8bafab

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.52 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8bafab

RGB

rgb(139, 175, 171)

HSL

hsl(173.3, 18.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.3, 20.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.81, -13.01, -1.98)

LCH

lch(68.81, 13.16, 188.65)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.0395, 188.01)

HWB

hwb(173.3, 54.5%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af8b8f

Analogous

#8baf99

#8bafab

#8ba1af

Triadic

#8bafab

#ab8baf

#afab8b

Split-complementary

#8bafab

#af8ba1

#af998b

Tetradic

#8bafab

#8b8faf

#af8b8f

#afab8b

Square

#8bafab

#998baf

#af8b8f

#a1af8b

Shades

Color #8bafab mixed toward black.

#6c9a95

#557c78

#405d5a

#2b3e3c

#151f1e

Tints

Color #8bafab mixed toward white.

#9ebcb9

#b2cac7

#c5d7d5

#d8e4e3

#ecf2f1

Tones

Color #8bafab mixed toward gray.

#8eaca9

#91a9a6

#94a6a4

#97a3a2

#9aa09f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cac · ΔE 18.5

Deuteranopia

#9a97ac · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#8dadad · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8bafab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8bafab]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8bafab (#8bafab) is rgb(139, 175, 171) in RGB.

No, #8bafab 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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