#8ca9b4

Color #8ca9b4

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.81 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8ca9b4

RGB

rgb(140, 169, 180)

HSL

hsl(196.5, 21.1%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.5, 22.2%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(67.46, -7.48, -8.96)

LCH

lch(67.46, 11.67, 230.14)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.0357, 222.85)

HWB

hwb(196.5, 54.9%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4978c

Analogous

#8cb4ab

#8ca9b4

#8c95b4

Triadic

#8ca9b4

#b48ca9

#a9b48c

Split-complementary

#8ca9b4

#b48c95

#b4ab8c

Tetradic

#8ca9b4

#978cb4

#b4978c

#a9b48c

Square

#8ca9b4

#ab8cb4

#b4978c

#95b48c

Shades

Color #8ca9b4 mixed toward black.

#6c919f

#547581

#3f5861

#2a3a41

#151d20

Tints

Color #8ca9b4 mixed toward white.

#9fb7c0

#b2c6cd

#c5d4d9

#d9e2e6

#ecf1f2

Tones

Color #8ca9b4 mixed toward gray.

#8fa7b1

#93a6ad

#96a4aa

#99a3a7

#9da1a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999ab1 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#9895b1 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#8eafaf · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ca9b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ca9b4]

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Frequently asked questions

#8ca9b4 (#8ca9b4) is rgb(140, 169, 180) in RGB.

No, #8ca9b4 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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