#8ea7ae

Color #8ea7ae

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.92 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8ea7ae

RGB

rgb(142, 167, 174)

HSL

hsl(193.1, 16.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.1, 18.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.4%, 4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(66.86, -7.1, -6.51)

LCH

lch(66.86, 9.63, 222.52)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0296, 216.48)

HWB

hwb(193.1, 55.7%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae958e

Analogous

#8eaea5

#8ea7ae

#8e97ae

Triadic

#8ea7ae

#ae8ea7

#a7ae8e

Split-complementary

#8ea7ae

#ae8e97

#aea58e

Tetradic

#8ea7ae

#958eae

#ae958e

#a7ae8e

Square

#8ea7ae

#a58eae

#ae958e

#97ae8e

Shades

Color #8ea7ae mixed toward black.

#6f8f98

#58737b

#42565c

#2c3a3d

#161d1f

Tints

Color #8ea7ae mixed toward white.

#a1b6bc

#b4c4c9

#c7d3d7

#d9e2e4

#ecf0f2

Tones

Color #8ea7ae mixed toward gray.

#91a6ab

#93a4a9

#96a3a6

#99a1a3

#9ba0a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999aac · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#9896ac · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#8fabab · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8ea7ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8ea7ae]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#8ea7ae (#8ea7ae) is rgb(142, 167, 174) in RGB.

No, #8ea7ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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