#8ea2a5

Color #8ea2a5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.49 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea2a5

RGB

rgb(142, 162, 165)

HSL

hsl(187.8, 11.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.8, 13.9%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 1.8%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(65.21, -6.35, -3.93)

LCH

lch(65.21, 7.47, 211.75)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0229, 207.57)

HWB

hwb(187.8, 55.7%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5918e

Analogous

#8ea59c

#8ea2a5

#8e97a5

Triadic

#8ea2a5

#a58ea2

#a2a58e

Split-complementary

#8ea2a5

#a58e97

#a59c8e

Tetradic

#8ea2a5

#918ea5

#a5918e

#a2a58e

Square

#8ea2a5

#9c8ea5

#a5918e

#97a58e

Shades

Color #8ea2a5 mixed toward black.

#728b8e

#5b6f72

#445355

#2d3739

#171c1c

Tints

Color #8ea2a5 mixed toward white.

#a1b1b4

#b4c1c3

#c7d0d2

#d9e0e1

#eceff0

Tones

Color #8ea2a5 mixed toward gray.

#90a1a3

#929fa1

#949e9f

#969c9d

#989b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797a4 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#9694a4 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#8fa4a4 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 8.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea2a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea2a5]

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Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

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Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#8ea2a5 (#8ea2a5) is rgb(142, 162, 165) in RGB.

No, #8ea2a5 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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