#8ca5a8

Color #8ca5a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.71 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca5a8

RGB

rgb(140, 165, 168)

HSL

hsl(186.4, 13.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.4, 16.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(65.99, -7.99, -4.46)

LCH

lch(65.99, 9.15, 209.17)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0282, 205.38)

HWB

hwb(186.4, 54.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a88f8c

Analogous

#8ca89d

#8ca5a8

#8c97a8

Triadic

#8ca5a8

#a88ca5

#a5a88c

Split-complementary

#8ca5a8

#a88c97

#a89d8c

Tetradic

#8ca5a8

#8f8ca8

#a88f8c

#a5a88c

Square

#8ca5a8

#9d8ca8

#a88f8c

#97a88c

Shades

Color #8ca5a8 mixed toward black.

#6f8e92

#587275

#425558

#2c393a

#161c1d

Tints

Color #8ca5a8 mixed toward white.

#9fb4b7

#b2c3c5

#c5d2d4

#d9e1e2

#ecf0f1

Tones

Color #8ca5a8 mixed toward gray.

#8ea3a6

#91a1a3

#93a0a1

#959e9f

#989c9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798a7 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#9694a7 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#8da7a7 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca5a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca5a8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ca5a8 (#8ca5a8) is rgb(140, 165, 168) in RGB.

No, #8ca5a8 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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