#8cb8ae

Color #8cb8ae

A muted light green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#8cb8ae

RGB

rgb(140, 184, 174)

HSL

hsl(166.4, 23.7%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(166.4, 23.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(71.49, -16.74, 0.3)

LCH

lch(71.49, 16.74, 178.97)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0491, 179.42)

HWB

hwb(166.4, 54.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b88c96

Analogous

#8cb898

#8cb8ae

#8cacb8

Triadic

#8cb8ae

#ae8cb8

#b8ae8c

Split-complementary

#8cb8ae

#b88cac

#b8988c

Tetradic

#8cb8ae

#8c96b8

#b88c96

#b8ae8c

Square

#8cb8ae

#988cb8

#b88c96

#acb88c

Shades

Color #8cb8ae mixed toward black.

#6aa396

#52867a

#3e645b

#29433d

#15211e

Tints

Color #8cb8ae mixed toward white.

#9fc4bb

#b2d0c9

#c5dbd6

#d9e7e4

#ecf3f1

Tones

Color #8cb8ae mixed toward gray.

#90b4ac

#93b1aa

#97ada8

#9ba9a6

#9ea6a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1b0 · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#9e9bb1 · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#8fb2b3 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8cb8ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8cb8ae]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#8cb8ae (#8cb8ae) is rgb(140, 184, 174) in RGB.

No, #8cb8ae 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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