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#8A7C7E

#8a7c7e ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a7c7e 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, 48.63% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.14% magenta, 8.7% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 351.43°, with 5.65% 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 5.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 4.59.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2132

Complementary

  1. #8a7c7e
  2. #7c8a88

Split complementary

  1. #8a7c7e
  2. #7c8a81
  3. #7c858a

Analogous

  1. #8a7c85
  2. #8a7c7e
  3. #8a817c

Triadic

  1. #8a7c7e
  2. #7e8a7c
  3. #7c7e8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a7c7e
  2. #8a887c
  3. #7c8a88
  4. #7c7e8a

Square

  1. #8a7c7e
  2. #858a7c
  3. #7c8a88
  4. #817c8a

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3334
  2. #625859
  3. #8a7c7e
  4. #aea4a6
  5. #d2cdce

Shades

#8a7c7e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a7c7e
  2. #7c7071
  3. #6e6365
  4. #615758
  5. #534a4c
  6. #453e3f
  7. #373232
  8. #292526
  9. #1c1919
  10. #0e0c0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a7c7e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a7c7e
  2. #96898b
  3. #a19698
  4. #ada3a5
  5. #b9b0b2
  6. #c5bebf
  7. #d0cbcb
  8. #dcd8d8
  9. #e8e5e5
  10. #f3f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a7c7e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a7c7e
  2. #897c7e
  3. #887d7e
  4. #877d7f
  5. #867e7f
  6. #857e7f
  7. #847e7f
  8. #837f7f
  9. #827f80
  10. #818080
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #847e7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e7e7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #81807e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8d7b7d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #837d7e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #857f7e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8c7b7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a7c7e {
  color: #8a7c7e;
}
Background
.bg-8a7c7e {
  background-color: #8a7c7e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a7c7e {
  border: 2px solid #8a7c7e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a7c7e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 124 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 351 6% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a7c7e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a7c7e, #8a817c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a7c7e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 124 126 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 4.59 #808080 Gray ΔE 7.22 #808080 Grey ΔE 7.22 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 8.15 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.48 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 9.86 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.20 #758381 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#8a7c7e  rgb(138, 124, 126)  hsl(351, 6%, 51%)  Taupe Gray
#7c8a88  rgb(124, 138, 136)  hsl(171, 6%, 51%)  Xanadu
#7e8a7c  rgb(126, 138, 124)  hsl(111, 6%, 51%)  Xanadu
#7c7e8a  rgb(124, 126, 138)  hsl(231, 6%, 51%)  Taupe Gray