#8fa6a8

Color #8fa6a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.86 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8fa6a8

RGB

rgb(143, 166, 168)

HSL

hsl(184.8, 12.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.8, 14.9%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(66.47, -7.54, -3.73)

LCH

lch(66.47, 8.41, 206.32)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0259, 202.99)

HWB

hwb(184.8, 56.1%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8918f

Analogous

#8fa89e

#8fa6a8

#8f9aa8

Triadic

#8fa6a8

#a88fa6

#a6a88f

Split-complementary

#8fa6a8

#a88f9a

#a89e8f

Tetradic

#8fa6a8

#918fa8

#a8918f

#a6a88f

Square

#8fa6a8

#9e8fa8

#a8918f

#9aa88f

Shades

Color #8fa6a8 mixed toward black.

#728f91

#5b7375

#445658

#2d393a

#171d1d

Tints

Color #8fa6a8 mixed toward white.

#a2b5b7

#b4c4c5

#c7d3d4

#dae1e2

#ecf0f1

Tones

Color #8fa6a8 mixed toward gray.

#91a4a6

#93a3a4

#95a1a2

#979fa0

#999d9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aa8 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#9896a7 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#90a7a7 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8fa6a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8fa6a8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#8fa6a8 (#8fa6a8) is rgb(143, 166, 168) in RGB.

No, #8fa6a8 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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