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#7A8484

#7a8484 ≈ Battleship Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#7a8484 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.84% red, 51.76% green and 51.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.58% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 48.24% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 3.94% saturation and 49.8% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.46:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Battleship Gray (#848482), ΔE 4.9.

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Relative luminance0.2231

Complementary

  1. #7a8484
  2. #847a7a

Split complementary

  1. #7a8484
  2. #847a7f
  3. #847f7a

Analogous

  1. #7a847f
  2. #7a8484
  3. #7a7f84

Triadic

  1. #7a8484
  2. #847a84
  3. #84847a

Tetradic

  1. #7a8484
  2. #7a7a84
  3. #847a7a
  4. #84847a

Square

  1. #7a8484
  2. #7f7a84
  3. #847a7a
  4. #7f847a

Monochromatic

  1. #313434
  2. #555c5c
  3. #7a8484
  4. #a2a9a9
  5. #c9cece

Shades

#7a8484 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7a8484
  2. #6e7777
  3. #626a6a
  4. #555c5c
  5. #494f4f
  6. #3d4242
  7. #313535
  8. #252828
  9. #181a1a
  10. #0c0d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#7a8484 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7a8484
  2. #879090
  3. #959d9d
  4. #a2a9a9
  5. #afb5b5
  6. #bdc2c2
  7. #cacece
  8. #d7dada
  9. #e4e6e6
  10. #f2f3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7a8484 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7a8484
  2. #7b8484
  3. #7b8383
  4. #7c8383
  5. #7c8282
  6. #7d8282
  7. #7e8282
  8. #7e8181
  9. #7f8181
  10. #7f8080
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f8383 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #838384 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #808184 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #778584 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f8384 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e8284 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #788484 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7a8484 {
  color: #7a8484;
}
Background
.bg-7a8484 {
  background-color: #7a8484;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7a8484 {
  border: 2px solid #7a8484;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7a8484;
  --color-primary-rgb: 122 132 132;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 4% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7a8484 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7a8484, #7a7f84);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7a8484 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(122 132 132 / 0.35);
}

#848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 4.90 #808080 Gray ΔE 5.06 #808080 Grey ΔE 5.06 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.88 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.88 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 8.11 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.19 #857b7b Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Battleship Gray
#7a8484  rgb(122, 132, 132)  hsl(180, 4%, 50%)  Battleship Gray
#847a7a  rgb(132, 122, 122)  hsl(0, 4%, 50%)  Taupe Gray
#847a84  rgb(132, 122, 132)  hsl(300, 4%, 50%)  Taupe Gray
#84847a  rgb(132, 132, 122)  hsl(60, 4%, 50%)  Battleship Gray