#8cb5ba

Color #8cb5ba

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.18 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb5ba

RGB

rgb(140, 181, 186)

HSL

hsl(186.5, 25%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.5, 24.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(70.99, -12.51, -7.03)

LCH

lch(70.99, 14.35, 209.33)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0444, 205.47)

HWB

hwb(186.5, 54.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba918c

Analogous

#8cbaa8

#8cb5ba

#8c9eba

Triadic

#8cb5ba

#ba8cb5

#b5ba8c

Split-complementary

#8cb5ba

#ba8c9e

#baa88c

Tetradic

#8cb5ba

#918cba

#ba918c

#b5ba8c

Square

#8cb5ba

#a88cba

#ba918c

#9eba8c

Shades

Color #8cb5ba mixed toward black.

#6a9fa6

#518288

#3d6166

#294144

#142022

Tints

Color #8cb5ba mixed toward white.

#9fc1c5

#b2ced1

#c5dadc

#d9e6e8

#ecf3f3

Tones

Color #8cb5ba mixed toward gray.

#90b2b6

#94afb2

#97acae

#9ba9ab

#9fa6a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0b9 · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#9d9ab9 · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#8eb8b8 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb5ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb5ba]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8cb5ba (#8cb5ba) is rgb(140, 181, 186) in RGB.

No, #8cb5ba 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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