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#8A7873

#8a7873 ≈ Beaver

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a7873 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 47.06% green and 45.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.04% magenta, 16.67% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 13.04°, with 9.09% saturation and 49.61% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Beaver (#9f8170), ΔE 7.37.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2007

Complementary

  1. #8a7873
  2. #73858a

Split complementary

  1. #8a7873
  2. #738a84
  3. #737a8a

Analogous

  1. #8a737a
  2. #8a7873
  3. #8a8473

Triadic

  1. #8a7873
  2. #738a78
  3. #78738a

Tetradic

  1. #8a7873
  2. #858a73
  3. #73858a
  4. #78738a

Square

  1. #8a7873
  2. #7a8a73
  3. #73858a
  4. #84738a

Monochromatic

  1. #372f2d
  2. #605450
  3. #8a7873
  4. #ada09d
  5. #d0c8c6

Shades

#8a7873 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a7873
  2. #7c6c68
  3. #6e605c
  4. #615451
  5. #534845
  6. #453c3a
  7. #37302e
  8. #292423
  9. #1c1817
  10. #0e0c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a7873 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a7873
  2. #968681
  3. #a1938f
  4. #ada19d
  5. #b9aeab
  6. #c5bcb9
  7. #d0c9c7
  8. #dcd7d5
  9. #e8e4e3
  10. #f3f2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a7873 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a7873
  2. #897974
  3. #887a76
  4. #877a77
  5. #867b78
  6. #857c7a
  7. #847d7b
  8. #837e7c
  9. #827e7d
  10. #817f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #827a78 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c7a73 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #807d73 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8f7677 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #827973 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #847b73 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d7775 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a7873 {
  color: #8a7873;
}
Background
.bg-8a7873 {
  background-color: #8a7873;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a7873 {
  border: 2px solid #8a7873;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a7873;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 120 115;
  --color-primary-hsl: 13 9% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a7873 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a7873, #8a8473);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a7873 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 120 115 / 0.35);
}

#9f8170 Beaver ΔE 7.37 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 7.72 #808080 Gray ΔE 8.67 #808080 Grey ΔE 8.67 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.29 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 11.30 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 11.30 #75878c Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Beaver
#8a7873  rgb(138, 120, 115)  hsl(13, 9%, 50%)  Beaver
#73858a  rgb(115, 133, 138)  hsl(193, 9%, 50%)  Slate Gray
#738a78  rgb(115, 138, 120)  hsl(133, 9%, 50%)  Xanadu
#78738a  rgb(120, 115, 138)  hsl(253, 9%, 50%)  Old Lavender