#9ea7a8

Color #9ea7a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.68 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea7a8

RGB

rgb(158, 167, 168)

HSL

hsl(186, 5.4%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 6%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 0.6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(67.82, -2.98, -1.62)

LCH

lch(67.82, 3.39, 208.53)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0103, 204.58)

HWB

hwb(186, 62%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a89f9e

Analogous

#9ea8a4

#9ea7a8

#9ea2a8

Triadic

#9ea7a8

#a89ea7

#a7a89e

Split-complementary

#9ea7a8

#a89ea2

#a8a49e

Tetradic

#9ea7a8

#9f9ea8

#a89f9e

#a7a89e

Square

#9ea7a8

#a49ea8

#a89f9e

#a2a89e

Shades

Color #9ea7a8 mixed toward black.

#818d8e

#677172

#4d5556

#333939

#1a1c1d

Tints

Color #9ea7a8 mixed toward white.

#aeb6b6

#bec4c5

#ced3d3

#dfe2e2

#eff0f0

Tones

Color #9ea7a8 mixed toward gray.

#9fa6a7

#a0a6a6

#a0a5a5

#a1a4a5

#a2a4a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2a8 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#a1a1a8 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#9ea8a8 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea7a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea7a8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9ea7a8 (#9ea7a8) is rgb(158, 167, 168) in RGB.

No, #9ea7a8 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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