#8e9496

Color #8e9496

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 7.74 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9496

RGB

rgb(142, 148, 150)

HSL

hsl(195, 3.7%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 5.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(60.9, -1.77, -1.81)

LCH

lch(60.9, 2.53, 225.64)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.0076, 219.13)

HWB

hwb(195, 55.7%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96908e

Analogous

#8e9694

#8e9496

#8e9096

Triadic

#8e9496

#968e94

#94968e

Split-complementary

#8e9496

#968e90

#96948e

Tetradic

#8e9496

#908e96

#96908e

#94968e

Square

#8e9496

#948e96

#96908e

#90968e

Shades

Color #8e9496 mixed toward black.

#757c7e

#5e6365

#464a4c

#2f3233

#171919

Tints

Color #8e9496 mixed toward white.

#a1a6a8

#b4b8b9

#c7cacb

#d9dbdc

#ecedee

Tones

Color #8e9496 mixed toward gray.

#8f9495

#8f9395

#909394

#919393

#919293

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919196 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#909095 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#8e9595 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9496;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9496]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8e9496 (#8e9496) is rgb(142, 148, 150) in RGB.

No, #8e9496 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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