#8cb6ab

Color #8cb6ab

A muted light green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.28 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb6ab

RGB

rgb(140, 182, 171)

HSL

hsl(164.3, 22.3%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(164.3, 23.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 6%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(70.85, -16.34, 1.01)

LCH

lch(70.85, 16.37, 176.46)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0478, 177.12)

HWB

hwb(164.3, 54.9%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b68c97

Analogous

#8cb696

#8cb6ab

#8cacb6

Triadic

#8cb6ab

#ab8cb6

#b6ab8c

Split-complementary

#8cb6ab

#b68cac

#b6968c

Tetradic

#8cb6ab

#8c97b6

#b68c97

#b6ab8c

Square

#8cb6ab

#968cb6

#b68c97

#acb68c

Shades

Color #8cb6ab mixed toward black.

#6ba193

#538377

#3f6259

#2a423b

#15211e

Tints

Color #8cb6ab mixed toward white.

#9fc2b9

#b2cec7

#c5dad5

#d9e7e3

#ecf3f1

Tones

Color #8cb6ab mixed toward gray.

#8fb2a9

#93afa8

#96aba6

#9aa8a4

#9da4a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0ae · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#9d9aae · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#8eb0b0 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb6ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb6ab]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#8cb6ab (#8cb6ab) is rgb(140, 182, 171) in RGB.

No, #8cb6ab 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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