#b8c8ca

Color #b8c8ca

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.05 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b8c8ca

RGB

rgb(184, 200, 202)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 14.5%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 8.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(79.48, -5.03, -2.86)

LCH

lch(79.48, 5.79, 209.62)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.0177, 205.84)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 72.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cabab8

Analogous

#b8cac3

#b8c8ca

#b8bfca

Triadic

#b8c8ca

#cab8c8

#c8cab8

Split-complementary

#b8c8ca

#cab8bf

#cac3b8

Tetradic

#b8c8ca

#bab8ca

#cabab8

#c8cab8

Square

#b8c8ca

#c3b8ca

#cabab8

#bfcab8

Shades

Color #b8c8ca mixed toward black.

#93abaf

#6e8f93

#536b6f

#37484a

#1c2425

Tints

Color #b8c8ca mixed toward white.

#c4d1d3

#d0dadc

#dce4e5

#e7eded

#f3f6f6

Tones

Color #b8c8ca mixed toward gray.

#bac7c9

#bbc6c7

#bdc5c6

#bec3c4

#c0c2c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfca · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#bebdc9 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#b9c9c9 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8c8ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8c8ca]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#b8c8ca (#b8c8ca) is rgb(184, 200, 202) in RGB.

No, #b8c8ca 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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