#8ea49e

Color #8ea49e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.64 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea49e

RGB

rgb(142, 164, 158)

HSL

hsl(163.6, 10.8%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(163.6, 13.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(65.57, -8.9, 0.52)

LCH

lch(65.57, 8.92, 176.66)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0261, 177.37)

HWB

hwb(163.6, 55.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a48e94

Analogous

#8ea493

#8ea49e

#8e9fa4

Triadic

#8ea49e

#9e8ea4

#a49e8e

Split-complementary

#8ea49e

#a48e9f

#a4938e

Tetradic

#8ea49e

#8e94a4

#a48e94

#a49e8e

Square

#8ea49e

#938ea4

#a48e94

#9fa48e

Shades

Color #8ea49e mixed toward black.

#728d86

#5b716b

#445550

#2d3935

#171c1b

Tints

Color #8ea49e mixed toward white.

#a1b3ae

#b4c2be

#c6d2ce

#d9e1df

#ecf0ef

Tones

Color #8ea49e mixed toward gray.

#90a29d

#92a09c

#939f9b

#959d9b

#979b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98989f · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#9795a0 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#8fa1a1 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea49e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea49e]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Frequently asked questions

#8ea49e (#8ea49e) is rgb(142, 164, 158) in RGB.

No, #8ea49e 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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