#8e9696

Color #8e9696

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.37 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9696

RGB

rgb(142, 150, 150)

HSL

hsl(180, 3.7%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 5.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(61.45, -2.88, -1)

LCH

lch(61.45, 3.05, 199.15)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.0093, 196.88)

HWB

hwb(180, 55.7%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#968e8e

Analogous

#8e9692

#8e9696

#8e9296

Triadic

#8e9696

#968e96

#96968e

Split-complementary

#8e9696

#968e92

#96928e

Tetradic

#8e9696

#8e8e96

#968e8e

#96968e

Square

#8e9696

#928e96

#968e8e

#92968e

Shades

Color #8e9696 mixed toward black.

#757e7e

#5e6565

#464c4c

#2f3333

#171919

Tints

Color #8e9696 mixed toward white.

#a1a8a8

#b4b9b9

#c7cbcb

#d9dcdc

#eceeee

Tones

Color #8e9696 mixed toward gray.

#8f9595

#909494

#919393

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929296 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#919096 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#8e9696 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9696;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9696]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#8e9696 (#8e9696) is rgb(142, 150, 150) in RGB.

No, #8e9696 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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