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#8BB9AA

#8bb9aa ≈ Opal

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#8bb9aa is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 72.55% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.86% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.11% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 160.43°, with 24.73% saturation and 63.53% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Opal (#a8c3bc), ΔE 7.07.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4309

Complementary

  1. #8bb9aa
  2. #b98b9a

Split complementary

  1. #8bb9aa
  2. #b98bb1
  3. #b9938b

Analogous

  1. #8bb993
  2. #8bb9aa
  3. #8bb1b9

Triadic

  1. #8bb9aa
  2. #aa8bb9
  3. #b9aa8b

Tetradic

  1. #8bb9aa
  2. #8b9ab9
  3. #b98b9a
  4. #b9aa8b

Square

  1. #8bb9aa
  2. #938bb9
  3. #b98b9a
  4. #b1b98b

Monochromatic

  1. #406b5d
  2. #5d9a86
  3. #8bb9aa
  4. #bbd6cd
  5. #eaf3f0

Shades

#8bb9aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8bb9aa
  2. #7da799
  3. #6f9488
  4. #618277
  5. #536f66
  6. #465d55
  7. #384a44
  8. #2a3833
  9. #1c2522
  10. #0e1311
  11. #000000

Tints

#8bb9aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8bb9aa
  2. #97c0b3
  3. #a2c7bb
  4. #aecec4
  5. #b9d5cc
  6. #c5dcd5
  7. #d1e3dd
  8. #dceae6
  9. #e8f1ee
  10. #f3f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8bb9aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8bb9aa
  2. #8ab3a6
  3. #89aea2
  4. #88a89d
  5. #87a299
  6. #869d95
  7. #849791
  8. #83918d
  9. #828b88
  10. #818684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2b3ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6b3a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeadab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #80bab4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b5aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1b2ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84bab0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8bb9aa {
  color: #8bb9aa;
}
Background
.bg-8bb9aa {
  background-color: #8bb9aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8bb9aa {
  border: 2px solid #8bb9aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8bb9aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 185 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 25% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8bb9aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bb9aa, #8bb1b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8bb9aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 185 170 / 0.35);
}

#a8c3bc Opal ΔE 7.07 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.44 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 9.77 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.02 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.79 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 11.22 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 11.40 #744655 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Opal
#8bb9aa  rgb(139, 185, 170)  hsl(160, 25%, 64%)  Opal
#b98b9a  rgb(185, 139, 154)  hsl(340, 25%, 64%)  Puce
#aa8bb9  rgb(170, 139, 185)  hsl(280, 25%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#b9aa8b  rgb(185, 170, 139)  hsl(40, 25%, 64%)  Ecru