#8ea3aa

Color #8ea3aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.17 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea3aa

RGB

rgb(142, 163, 170)

HSL

hsl(195, 14.1%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 16.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(65.63, -5.81, -6.1)

LCH

lch(65.63, 8.42, 226.39)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0257, 219.95)

HWB

hwb(195, 55.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa958e

Analogous

#8eaaa3

#8ea3aa

#8e95aa

Triadic

#8ea3aa

#aa8ea3

#a3aa8e

Split-complementary

#8ea3aa

#aa8e95

#aaa38e

Tetradic

#8ea3aa

#958eaa

#aa958e

#a3aa8e

Square

#8ea3aa

#a38eaa

#aa958e

#95aa8e

Shades

Color #8ea3aa mixed toward black.

#708b94

#596f77

#435459

#2d383b

#161c1e

Tints

Color #8ea3aa mixed toward white.

#a1b2b8

#b4c2c6

#c7d1d5

#d9e0e3

#ecf0f1

Tones

Color #8ea3aa mixed toward gray.

#90a2a8

#93a1a5

#95a0a3

#979ea1

#9a9d9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898a8 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#9695a8 · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#8fa7a7 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 8.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea3aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea3aa]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8ea3aa (#8ea3aa) is rgb(142, 163, 170) in RGB.

No, #8ea3aa 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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