#8cb2b7

Color #8cb2b7

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb2b7

RGB

rgb(140, 178, 183)

HSL

hsl(187, 23%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 23.5%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(70.06, -11.61, -6.75)

LCH

lch(70.06, 13.43, 210.17)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0416, 206.26)

HWB

hwb(187, 54.9%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7918c

Analogous

#8cb7a6

#8cb2b7

#8c9cb7

Triadic

#8cb2b7

#b78cb2

#b2b78c

Split-complementary

#8cb2b7

#b78c9c

#b7a68c

Tetradic

#8cb2b7

#918cb7

#b7918c

#b2b78c

Square

#8cb2b7

#a68cb7

#b7918c

#9cb78c

Shades

Color #8cb2b7 mixed toward black.

#6b9ca2

#537f84

#3e5f63

#293f42

#152021

Tints

Color #8cb2b7 mixed toward white.

#9fbfc3

#b2cccf

#c5d8db

#d9e5e7

#ecf2f3

Tones

Color #8cb2b7 mixed toward gray.

#8fafb3

#93acb0

#97aaac

#9aa7a9

#9ea4a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eb6 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#9c99b6 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#8eb5b5 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb2b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb2b7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8cb2b7 (#8cb2b7) is rgb(140, 178, 183) in RGB.

No, #8cb2b7 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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