#8ea4a1

Color #8ea4a1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.08 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea4a1

RGB

rgb(142, 164, 161)

HSL

hsl(171.8, 10.8%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.8, 13.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 1.8%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(65.65, -8.28, -1.04)

LCH

lch(65.65, 8.35, 187.16)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.025, 186.67)

HWB

hwb(171.8, 55.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a48e91

Analogous

#8ea496

#8ea4a1

#8e9ca4

Triadic

#8ea4a1

#a18ea4

#a4a18e

Split-complementary

#8ea4a1

#a48e9c

#a4968e

Tetradic

#8ea4a1

#8e91a4

#a48e91

#a4a18e

Square

#8ea4a1

#968ea4

#a48e91

#9ca48e

Shades

Color #8ea4a1 mixed toward black.

#728d8a

#5b716e

#445553

#2d3937

#171c1c

Tints

Color #8ea4a1 mixed toward white.

#a1b3b1

#b4c2c0

#c6d2d0

#d9e1e0

#ecf0ef

Tones

Color #8ea4a1 mixed toward gray.

#90a2a0

#92a09e

#939f9d

#959d9c

#979b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

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

#9898a2 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#9795a2 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#8fa2a2 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea4a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea4a1]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8ea4a1 (#8ea4a1) is rgb(142, 164, 161) in RGB.

No, #8ea4a1 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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