#8f9e9f

Color #8f9e9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.67 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8f9e9f

RGB

rgb(143, 158, 159)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 7.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 10.1%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(64, -5.09, -2.33)

LCH

lch(64, 5.6, 204.6)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0171, 201.61)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 56.1%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f908f

Analogous

#8f9f98

#8f9e9f

#8f969f

Triadic

#8f9e9f

#9f8f9e

#9e9f8f

Split-complementary

#8f9e9f

#9f8f96

#9f988f

Tetradic

#8f9e9f

#908f9f

#9f908f

#9e9f8f

Square

#8f9e9f

#988f9f

#9f908f

#969f8f

Shades

Color #8f9e9f mixed toward black.

#748687

#5d6b6c

#465151

#2e3636

#171b1b

Tints

Color #8f9e9f mixed toward white.

#a2aeaf

#b4bebf

#c7cecf

#dadfdf

#ecefef

Tones

Color #8f9e9f mixed toward gray.

#909d9e

#929c9c

#939a9b

#94999a

#969898

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#96969f · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#95949f · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#909f9f · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8f9e9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8f9e9f]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8f9e9f (#8f9e9f) is rgb(143, 158, 159) in RGB.

No, #8f9e9f 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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