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#8A837C

#8a837c ≈ Battleship Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a837c 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, 51.37% green and 48.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.07% magenta, 10.14% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 30°, 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 5.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Battleship Gray (#848482), ΔE 4.02.

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Relative luminance0.2309

Complementary

  1. #8a837c
  2. #7c838a

Split complementary

  1. #8a837c
  2. #7c8a8a
  3. #7c7c8a

Analogous

  1. #8a7c7c
  2. #8a837c
  3. #8a8a7c

Triadic

  1. #8a837c
  2. #7c8a83
  3. #837c8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a837c
  2. #838a7c
  3. #7c838a
  4. #837c8a

Square

  1. #8a837c
  2. #7c8a7c
  3. #7c838a
  4. #8a7c8a

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3633
  2. #625d58
  3. #8a837c
  4. #aea9a4
  5. #d2cfcd

Shades

#8a837c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a837c
  2. #7c7670
  3. #6e6963
  4. #615c57
  5. #534f4a
  6. #45423e
  7. #373432
  8. #292725
  9. #1c1a19
  10. #0e0d0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a837c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a837c
  2. #968f89
  3. #a19c96
  4. #ada8a3
  5. #b9b5b0
  6. #c5c1be
  7. #d0cdcb
  8. #dcdad8
  9. #e8e6e5
  10. #f3f3f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a837c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a837c
  2. #89837c
  3. #88827d
  4. #87827d
  5. #86827e
  6. #85827e
  7. #84817e
  8. #83817f
  9. #82817f
  10. #818080
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #868481 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85837c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87857c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8d8181 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87837c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88847c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8c827f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a837c {
  color: #8a837c;
}
Background
.bg-8a837c {
  background-color: #8a837c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a837c {
  border: 2px solid #8a837c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a837c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 131 124;
  --color-primary-hsl: 30 6% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a837c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a837c, #8a8a7c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a837c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 131 124 / 0.35);
}

#848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 4.02 #808080 Gray ΔE 4.84 #808080 Grey ΔE 4.84 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 6.24 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 9.59 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 11.69 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 11.69 #757c83 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Battleship Gray
#8a837c  rgb(138, 131, 124)  hsl(30, 6%, 51%)  Battleship Gray
#7c838a  rgb(124, 131, 138)  hsl(210, 6%, 51%)  Gray
#7c8a83  rgb(124, 138, 131)  hsl(150, 6%, 51%)  Xanadu
#837c8a  rgb(131, 124, 138)  hsl(270, 6%, 51%)  Taupe Gray