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#8ab9b4

a balanced, soft cyan · cool · closest name: silver

RGB
138, 185, 180
HSL
174°, 25%, 63%
CMYK
25, 0, 3, 28
Luminance
0.4340

Every format

HEX#8ab9b4
RGBrgb(138, 185, 180)
HSLhsl(174, 25%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 0%, 3%, 28%)
LABlab(71.8 -16.6 -2.5)
LCHlch(71.8 16.8 188.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.751 0.050 188.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #8ab9b4;
background-color: #8ab9b4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#8ab9b4] bg-[#8ab9b4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #8ab9b4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.541, green: 0.725, blue: 0.706)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#8ab9b4")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#8ab9b4 on white: 2.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#8ab9b4 on black: 9.68:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red54.1%
Green72.5%
Blue70.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan25.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow2.7%
Key (black)27.5%

Color previews

#8ab9b4 text on a black background

contrast 9.68:1

Card sample

#8ab9b4 text on a white background

contrast 2.17:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #8ab9b4;
Background color
Panel with #8ab9b4 background
background-color: #8ab9b4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #8ab9b4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(138, 185, 180, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(138, 185, 180, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #8ab9b4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ab9b4, #8A9FB9);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #8ab9b4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #8ab9b4 in the Color Lab