#8e9a98

Color #8e9a98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.12 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9a98

RGB

rgb(142, 154, 152)

HSL

hsl(170, 5.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 7.8%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(62.62, -4.68, -0.42)

LCH

lch(62.62, 4.7, 185.13)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.0141, 184.9)

HWB

hwb(170, 55.7%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a8e90

Analogous

#8e9a92

#8e9a98

#8e969a

Triadic

#8e9a98

#988e9a

#9a988e

Split-complementary

#8e9a98

#9a8e96

#9a928e

Tetradic

#8e9a98

#8e909a

#9a8e90

#9a988e

Square

#8e9a98

#928e9a

#9a8e90

#969a8e

Shades

Color #8e9a98 mixed toward black.

#748280

#5d6866

#464e4d

#2f3433

#171a1a

Tints

Color #8e9a98 mixed toward white.

#a1aba9

#b4bcba

#c6cccb

#d9dddd

#eceeee

Tones

Color #8e9a98 mixed toward gray.

#8f9997

#909897

#919796

#929695

#939595

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#939398 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#939299 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#8f9999 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9a98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9a98]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8e9a98 (#8e9a98) is rgb(142, 154, 152) in RGB.

No, #8e9a98 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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