#8ea0a2

Color #8ea0a2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.18 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea0a2

RGB

rgb(142, 160, 162)

HSL

hsl(186, 9.7%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 12.3%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(64.56, -5.9, -3.19)

LCH

lch(64.56, 6.71, 208.4)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0206, 204.7)

HWB

hwb(186, 55.7%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2908e

Analogous

#8ea29a

#8ea0a2

#8e96a2

Triadic

#8ea0a2

#a28ea0

#a0a28e

Split-complementary

#8ea0a2

#a28e96

#a29a8e

Tetradic

#8ea0a2

#908ea2

#a2908e

#a0a28e

Square

#8ea0a2

#9a8ea2

#a2908e

#96a28e

Shades

Color #8ea0a2 mixed toward black.

#72888b

#5b6d6f

#455253

#2e3738

#171b1c

Tints

Color #8ea0a2 mixed toward white.

#a1b0b1

#b4c0c1

#c6cfd0

#d9dfe0

#ecefef

Tones

Color #8ea0a2 mixed toward gray.

#909fa0

#919d9f

#939c9d

#959b9b

#96999a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696a2 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#9594a1 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#8fa1a1 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea0a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea0a2]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ea0a2 (#8ea0a2) is rgb(142, 160, 162) in RGB.

No, #8ea0a2 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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