#8ea1a2

Color #8ea1a2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.28 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea1a2

RGB

rgb(142, 161, 162)

HSL

hsl(183, 9.7%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183, 12.3%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(64.84, -6.44, -2.78)

LCH

lch(64.84, 7.01, 203.35)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0215, 200.46)

HWB

hwb(183, 55.7%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a28f8e

Analogous

#8ea299

#8ea1a2

#8e97a2

Triadic

#8ea1a2

#a28ea1

#a1a28e

Split-complementary

#8ea1a2

#a28e97

#a2998e

Tetradic

#8ea1a2

#8f8ea2

#a28f8e

#a1a28e

Square

#8ea1a2

#998ea2

#a28f8e

#97a28e

Shades

Color #8ea1a2 mixed toward black.

#728a8b

#5b6e6f

#455353

#2e3738

#171c1c

Tints

Color #8ea1a2 mixed toward white.

#a1b1b1

#b4c0c1

#c6d0d0

#d9e0e0

#ecefef

Tones

Color #8ea1a2 mixed toward gray.

#909fa0

#919e9f

#939c9d

#959b9b

#96999a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797a2 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#9594a2 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#8fa2a2 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 8.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea1a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea1a2]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#8ea1a2 (#8ea1a2) is rgb(142, 161, 162) in RGB.

No, #8ea1a2 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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