#8cb6b7

Color #8cb6b7

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.9 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb6b7

RGB

rgb(140, 182, 183)

HSL

hsl(181.4, 23%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.4, 23.5%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(71.18, -13.72, -5.1)

LCH

lch(71.18, 14.64, 200.39)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0449, 198.03)

HWB

hwb(181.4, 54.9%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b78d8c

Analogous

#8cb7a2

#8cb6b7

#8ca0b7

Triadic

#8cb6b7

#b78cb6

#b6b78c

Split-complementary

#8cb6b7

#b78ca0

#b7a28c

Tetradic

#8cb6b7

#8d8cb7

#b78d8c

#b6b78c

Square

#8cb6b7

#a28cb7

#b78d8c

#a0b78c

Shades

Color #8cb6b7 mixed toward black.

#6ba1a2

#538384

#3e6263

#294242

#152121

Tints

Color #8cb6b7 mixed toward white.

#9fc2c3

#b2cecf

#c5dadb

#d9e7e7

#ecf3f3

Tones

Color #8cb6b7 mixed toward gray.

#8fb3b3

#93afb0

#97acac

#9aa8a9

#9ea5a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0b7 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#9d9ab7 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#8eb7b7 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb6b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb6b7]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#8cb6b7 (#8cb6b7) is rgb(140, 182, 183) in RGB.

No, #8cb6b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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