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#8A7A7B

#8a7a7b ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a7a7b 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, 47.84% green and 48.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.59% magenta, 10.87% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 356.25°, with 6.4% saturation and 50.98% 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 5.15:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 5.68.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2075

Complementary

  1. #8a7a7b
  2. #7a8a89

Split complementary

  1. #8a7a7b
  2. #7a8a81
  3. #7a838a

Analogous

  1. #8a7a83
  2. #8a7a7b
  3. #8a817a

Triadic

  1. #8a7a7b
  2. #7b8a7a
  3. #7a7b8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a7a7b
  2. #8a897a
  3. #7a8a89
  4. #7a7b8a

Square

  1. #8a7a7b
  2. #838a7a
  3. #7a8a89
  4. #817a8a

Monochromatic

  1. #393233
  2. #625657
  3. #8a7a7b
  4. #aea3a3
  5. #d2cbcc

Shades

#8a7a7b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a7a7b
  2. #7c6e6f
  3. #6e6262
  4. #615556
  5. #53494a
  6. #453d3e
  7. #373131
  8. #292525
  9. #1c1819
  10. #0e0c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a7a7b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a7a7b
  2. #968788
  3. #a19595
  4. #ada2a3
  5. #b9afb0
  6. #c5bdbd
  7. #d0caca
  8. #dcd7d7
  9. #e8e4e5
  10. #f3f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a7a7b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a7a7b
  2. #897b7c
  3. #887b7c
  4. #877c7d
  5. #867c7d
  6. #857d7e
  7. #847e7e
  8. #837e7f
  9. #827f7f
  10. #817f80
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #837c7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c7c7b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #807f7b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8e797a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #827b7b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #847d7b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8c797b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a7a7b {
  color: #8a7a7b;
}
Background
.bg-8a7a7b {
  background-color: #8a7a7b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a7a7b {
  border: 2px solid #8a7a7b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a7a7b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 122 123;
  --color-primary-hsl: 356 6% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a7a7b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a7a7b, #8a817a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a7a7b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 122 123 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 5.68 #808080 Gray ΔE 7.96 #808080 Grey ΔE 7.96 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 8.90 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.45 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 9.61 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 9.66 #758584 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#8a7a7b  rgb(138, 122, 123)  hsl(356, 6%, 51%)  Taupe Gray
#7a8a89  rgb(122, 138, 137)  hsl(176, 6%, 51%)  Xanadu
#7b8a7a  rgb(123, 138, 122)  hsl(116, 6%, 51%)  Xanadu
#7a7b8a  rgb(122, 123, 138)  hsl(236, 6%, 51%)  Slate Gray