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#88787B

#88787b ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#88787b is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 47.06% green and 48.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 9.56% yellow and 46.67% black. Its hue angle is 348.75°, with 6.3% saturation and 50.2% 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 5.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 6.07.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.201

Complementary

  1. #88787b
  2. #788885

Split complementary

  1. #88787b
  2. #78887d
  3. #788388

Analogous

  1. #887883
  2. #88787b
  3. #887d78

Triadic

  1. #88787b
  2. #7b8878
  3. #787b88

Tetradic

  1. #88787b
  2. #888578
  3. #788885
  4. #787b88

Square

  1. #88787b
  2. #838878
  3. #788885
  4. #7d7888

Monochromatic

  1. #373031
  2. #5f5456
  3. #88787b
  4. #aca1a3
  5. #d0c9cb

Shades

#88787b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #88787b
  2. #7a6c6f
  3. #6d6062
  4. #5f5456
  5. #52484a
  6. #443c3e
  7. #363031
  8. #292425
  9. #1b1819
  10. #0e0c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#88787b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #88787b
  2. #948688
  3. #a09395
  4. #aca1a3
  5. #b8aeb0
  6. #c4bcbd
  7. #cfc9ca
  8. #dbd7d7
  9. #e7e4e5
  10. #f3f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#88787b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #88787b
  2. #87797c
  3. #867a7c
  4. #867a7d
  5. #857b7d
  6. #847c7e
  7. #837d7e
  8. #827e7f
  9. #827e7f
  10. #817f80
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #817a7c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a7a7b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e7d7b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8b7779 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80797b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #827b7b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8a777a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-88787b {
  color: #88787b;
}
Background
.bg-88787b {
  background-color: #88787b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-88787b {
  border: 2px solid #88787b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #88787b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 120 123;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 6% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-88787b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #88787b, #887d78);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-88787b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 120 123 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 6.07 #808080 Gray ΔE 8.37 #808080 Grey ΔE 8.37 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 8.37 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.81 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.53 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.79 #778784 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#88787b  rgb(136, 120, 123)  hsl(349, 6%, 50%)  Taupe Gray
#788885  rgb(120, 136, 133)  hsl(169, 6%, 50%)  Xanadu
#7b8878  rgb(123, 136, 120)  hsl(109, 6%, 50%)  Xanadu
#787b88  rgb(120, 123, 136)  hsl(229, 6%, 50%)  Slate Gray