#8c9997

Color #8c9997

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.71 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8c9997

RGB

rgb(140, 153, 151)

HSL

hsl(170.8, 6%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.8, 8.5%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 40%)

LAB

lab(62.16, -5.04, -0.54)

LCH

lch(62.16, 5.07, 186.12)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0152, 185.67)

HWB

hwb(170.8, 54.9%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#998c8e

Analogous

#8c9991

#8c9997

#8c9599

Triadic

#8c9997

#978c99

#99978c

Split-complementary

#8c9997

#998c95

#99918c

Tetradic

#8c9997

#8c8e99

#998c8e

#99978c

Square

#8c9997

#918c99

#998c8e

#95998c

Shades

Color #8c9997 mixed toward black.

#73827f

#5c6866

#454e4c

#2e3433

#171a19

Tints

Color #8c9997 mixed toward white.

#9faaa8

#b2bbba

#c6cccb

#d9dddc

#eceeee

Tones

Color #8c9997 mixed toward gray.

#8d9896

#8e9796

#8f9695

#909594

#929493

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929297 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#919098 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#8d9898 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c9997;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c9997]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8c9997 (#8c9997) is rgb(140, 153, 151) in RGB.

No, #8c9997 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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