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#84828D

#84828d ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#84828d is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.76% red, 50.98% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.38% cyan, 7.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.71% black. Its hue angle is 250.91°, with 4.6% saturation and 53.14% 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 5.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 3.93.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2279

Complementary

  1. #84828d
  2. #8b8d82

Split complementary

  1. #84828d
  2. #8d8a82
  3. #868d82

Analogous

  1. #82868d
  2. #84828d
  3. #8a828d

Triadic

  1. #84828d
  2. #8d8482
  3. #828d84

Tetradic

  1. #84828d
  2. #8d828b
  3. #8b8d82
  4. #828d84

Square

  1. #84828d
  2. #8d8286
  3. #8b8d82
  4. #828d8a

Monochromatic

  1. #39383e
  2. #5e5d66
  3. #84828d
  4. #abaab1
  5. #d3d2d6

Shades

#84828d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #84828d
  2. #77757f
  3. #6a6871
  4. #5c5b63
  5. #4f4e55
  6. #424147
  7. #353438
  8. #28272a
  9. #1a1a1c
  10. #0d0d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#84828d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #84828d
  2. #908f98
  3. #9d9ba4
  4. #a9a8af
  5. #b5b4bb
  6. #c2c1c6
  7. #cecdd1
  8. #dadadd
  9. #e6e6e8
  10. #f3f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#84828d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #84828d
  2. #84828c
  3. #83828a
  4. #838189
  5. #828188
  6. #828187
  7. #828185
  8. #818184
  9. #818083
  10. #808081
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #848387 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80838e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80838d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #828485 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82838d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82838d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #838389 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-84828d {
  color: #84828d;
}
Background
.bg-84828d {
  background-color: #84828d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-84828d {
  border: 2px solid #84828d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #84828d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 130 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 5% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-84828d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #84828d, #8a828d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-84828d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 130 141 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 3.93 #808080 Gray ΔE 6.31 #808080 Grey ΔE 6.31 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 7.56 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.31 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.50 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.50 #7b7d72 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#84828d  rgb(132, 130, 141)  hsl(251, 5%, 53%)  Taupe Gray
#8b8d82  rgb(139, 141, 130)  hsl(71, 5%, 53%)  Battleship Gray
#8d8482  rgb(141, 132, 130)  hsl(11, 5%, 53%)  Taupe Gray
#828d84  rgb(130, 141, 132)  hsl(131, 5%, 53%)  Xanadu