#8e9fa4

Color #8e9fa4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.36 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#8e9fa4

RGB

rgb(142, 159, 164)

HSL

hsl(193.6, 10.8%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.6, 13.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.4%, 3%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(64.34, -4.93, -4.64)

LCH

lch(64.34, 6.77, 223.26)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.0206, 217.31)

HWB

hwb(193.6, 55.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4938e

Analogous

#8ea49e

#8e9fa4

#8e94a4

Triadic

#8e9fa4

#a48e9f

#9fa48e

Split-complementary

#8e9fa4

#a48e94

#a49e8e

Tetradic

#8e9fa4

#938ea4

#a4938e

#9fa48e

Square

#8e9fa4

#9e8ea4

#a4938e

#94a48e

Shades

Color #8e9fa4 mixed toward black.

#72878d

#5b6c71

#445155

#2d3639

#171b1c

Tints

Color #8e9fa4 mixed toward white.

#a1afb3

#b4bfc2

#c6cfd2

#d9dfe1

#eceff0

Tones

Color #8e9fa4 mixed toward gray.

#909ea2

#929da0

#939c9f

#959b9d

#979a9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a3 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#9593a3 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#8fa2a2 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 7.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8e9fa4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8e9fa4]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8e9fa4 (#8e9fa4) is rgb(142, 159, 164) in RGB.

No, #8e9fa4 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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