#8faeb3

Color #8faeb3

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#8faeb3

RGB

rgb(143, 174, 179)

HSL

hsl(188.3, 19.1%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.3, 20.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(69.02, -9.44, -6.07)

LCH

lch(69.02, 11.22, 212.74)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0347, 208.41)

HWB

hwb(188.3, 56.1%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3948f

Analogous

#8fb3a6

#8faeb3

#8f9cb3

Triadic

#8faeb3

#b38fae

#aeb38f

Split-complementary

#8faeb3

#b38f9c

#b3a68f

Tetradic

#8faeb3

#948fb3

#b3948f

#aeb38f

Square

#8faeb3

#a68fb3

#b3948f

#9cb38f

Shades

Color #8faeb3 mixed toward black.

#6f979d

#577a80

#415c60

#2b3d40

#161f20

Tints

Color #8faeb3 mixed toward white.

#a2bbc0

#b4c9cc

#c7d6d9

#dae4e6

#ecf1f2

Tones

Color #8faeb3 mixed toward gray.

#92acb0

#95aaad

#98a7aa

#9ba5a7

#9ea3a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9eb2 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#9c99b2 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#91b1b1 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8faeb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8faeb3]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#8faeb3 (#8faeb3) is rgb(143, 174, 179) in RGB.

No, #8faeb3 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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