#8ca6ad

Color #8ca6ad

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca6ad

RGB

rgb(140, 166, 173)

HSL

hsl(192.7, 16.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.7, 19.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.1%, 4%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(66.42, -7.43, -6.62)

LCH

lch(66.42, 9.95, 221.7)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0306, 215.82)

HWB

hwb(192.7, 54.9%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad938c

Analogous

#8cada4

#8ca6ad

#8c96ad

Triadic

#8ca6ad

#ad8ca6

#a6ad8c

Split-complementary

#8ca6ad

#ad8c96

#ada48c

Tetradic

#8ca6ad

#938cad

#ad938c

#a6ad8c

Square

#8ca6ad

#a48cad

#ad938c

#96ad8c

Shades

Color #8ca6ad mixed toward black.

#6e8f97

#57727a

#41565b

#2b393d

#161d1e

Tints

Color #8ca6ad mixed toward white.

#9fb5bb

#b2c4c8

#c6d3d6

#d9e1e4

#ecf0f1

Tones

Color #8ca6ad mixed toward gray.

#8fa5aa

#92a3a8

#94a1a5

#97a0a2

#9a9e9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898ab · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#9694ab · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#8daaaa · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 10

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca6ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca6ad]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#8ca6ad (#8ca6ad) is rgb(140, 166, 173) in RGB.

No, #8ca6ad 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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