#9ea8a8

Color #9ea8a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.9 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea8a8

RGB

rgb(158, 168, 168)

HSL

hsl(180, 5.4%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 6%, 65.9%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(68.1, -3.52, -1.22)

LCH

lch(68.1, 3.73, 199.12)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0113, 196.99)

HWB

hwb(180, 62%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a89e9e

Analogous

#9ea8a3

#9ea8a8

#9ea3a8

Triadic

#9ea8a8

#a89ea8

#a8a89e

Split-complementary

#9ea8a8

#a89ea3

#a8a39e

Tetradic

#9ea8a8

#9e9ea8

#a89e9e

#a8a89e

Square

#9ea8a8

#a39ea8

#a89e9e

#a3a89e

Shades

Color #9ea8a8 mixed toward black.

#818e8e

#677272

#4d5656

#333939

#1a1d1d

Tints

Color #9ea8a8 mixed toward white.

#aeb6b6

#bec5c5

#ced3d3

#dfe2e2

#eff0f0

Tones

Color #9ea8a8 mixed toward gray.

#9fa7a7

#a0a6a6

#a0a5a5

#a1a5a5

#a2a4a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a3a8 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#a2a1a8 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#9fa8a8 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea8a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea8a8]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#9ea8a8 (#9ea8a8) is rgb(158, 168, 168) in RGB.

No, #9ea8a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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