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#887E84

#887e84 ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#887e84 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, 49.41% green and 51.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.35% magenta, 2.94% yellow and 46.67% black. Its hue angle is 324°, with 4.03% saturation and 51.37% 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 5.36:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 3.18.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2182

Complementary

  1. #887e84
  2. #7e8882

Split complementary

  1. #887e84
  2. #7f887e
  3. #7e8887

Analogous

  1. #877e88
  2. #887e84
  3. #887e7f

Triadic

  1. #887e84
  2. #84887e
  3. #7e8488

Tetradic

  1. #887e84
  2. #88827e
  3. #7e8882
  4. #7e8488

Square

  1. #887e84
  2. #88877e
  3. #7e8882
  4. #7e7f88

Monochromatic

  1. #393437
  2. #60595d
  3. #887e84
  4. #ada6aa
  5. #d1ced0

Shades

#887e84 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #887e84
  2. #7a7177
  3. #6d656a
  4. #5f585c
  5. #524c4f
  6. #443f42
  7. #363235
  8. #292628
  9. #1b191a
  10. #0e0d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#887e84 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #887e84
  2. #948b90
  3. #a0989d
  4. #aca5a9
  5. #b8b2b5
  6. #c4bfc2
  7. #cfcbce
  8. #dbd8da
  9. #e7e5e6
  10. #f3f2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#887e84 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #887e84
  2. #877e84
  3. #867e83
  4. #867f83
  5. #857f82
  6. #847f82
  7. #837f82
  8. #827f81
  9. #828081
  10. #818080
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #848082 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e8084 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #808184 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #897e80 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #827f84 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #848084 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #897e82 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-887e84 {
  color: #887e84;
}
Background
.bg-887e84 {
  background-color: #887e84;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-887e84 {
  border: 2px solid #887e84;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #887e84;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 126 132;
  --color-primary-hsl: 324 4% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-887e84 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #887e84, #887e7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-887e84 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 126 132 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 3.18 #808080 Gray ΔE 6.52 #808080 Grey ΔE 6.52 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 7.68 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.35 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 9.61 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.28 #77817b Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#887e84  rgb(136, 126, 132)  hsl(324, 4%, 51%)  Taupe Gray
#7e8882  rgb(126, 136, 130)  hsl(144, 4%, 51%)  Xanadu
#84887e  rgb(132, 136, 126)  hsl(84, 4%, 51%)  Battleship Gray
#7e8488  rgb(126, 132, 136)  hsl(204, 4%, 51%)  Gray