#8ca2a5

Color #8ca2a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca2a5

RGB

rgb(140, 162, 165)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 12.2%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 15.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(65.07, -7.02, -4.15)

LCH

lch(65.07, 8.15, 210.59)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.025, 206.57)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 54.9%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a58f8c

Analogous

#8ca59b

#8ca2a5

#8c95a5

Triadic

#8ca2a5

#a58ca2

#a2a58c

Split-complementary

#8ca2a5

#a58c95

#a59b8c

Tetradic

#8ca2a5

#8f8ca5

#a58f8c

#a2a58c

Square

#8ca2a5

#9b8ca5

#a58f8c

#95a58c

Shades

Color #8ca2a5 mixed toward black.

#708b8f

#596f72

#435356

#2d3839

#161c1d

Tints

Color #8ca2a5 mixed toward white.

#9fb1b4

#b2c1c3

#c5d0d2

#d9e0e1

#eceff0

Tones

Color #8ca2a5 mixed toward gray.

#8ea0a3

#909fa1

#929d9f

#949c9d

#969a9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a4 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#9593a4 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#8da4a4 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca2a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca2a5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ca2a5 (#8ca2a5) is rgb(140, 162, 165) in RGB.

No, #8ca2a5 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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