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#8A869A

#8a869a ≈ Cool Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a869a 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, 52.55% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.39% cyan, 12.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.61% black. Its hue angle is 252°, with 9.01% saturation and 56.47% 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 5.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 5.86.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2479

Complementary

  1. #8a869a
  2. #969a86

Split complementary

  1. #8a869a
  2. #9a9486
  3. #8c9a86

Analogous

  1. #868c9a
  2. #8a869a
  3. #94869a

Triadic

  1. #8a869a
  2. #9a8a86
  3. #869a8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a869a
  2. #9a8696
  3. #969a86
  4. #869a8a

Square

  1. #8a869a
  2. #9a868c
  3. #969a86
  4. #869a94

Monochromatic

  1. #403d4a
  2. #646073
  3. #8a869a
  4. #b2b0bd
  5. #dbd9e0

Shades

#8a869a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a869a
  2. #7c798b
  3. #6e6b7b
  4. #615e6c
  5. #53505c
  6. #45434d
  7. #37363e
  8. #29282e
  9. #1c1b1f
  10. #0e0d0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a869a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a869a
  2. #9692a4
  3. #a19eae
  4. #adaab8
  5. #b9b6c2
  6. #c5c3cd
  7. #d0cfd7
  8. #dcdbe1
  9. #e8e7eb
  10. #f3f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a869a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a869a
  2. #898597
  3. #888595
  4. #878492
  5. #868490
  6. #85838d
  7. #84828a
  8. #838288
  9. #828185
  10. #818183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #898790 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82899b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #828899 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87898c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85889b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86879a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #888892 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a869a {
  color: #8a869a;
}
Background
.bg-8a869a {
  background-color: #8a869a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a869a {
  border: 2px solid #8a869a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a869a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 134 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 9% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a869a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a869a, #94869a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a869a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 134 154 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 5.86 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 7.21 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.92 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.08 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.59 #808080 Grey ΔE 10.59 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.61 #757965 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8a869a  rgb(138, 134, 154)  hsl(252, 9%, 56%)  Cool Gray
#969a86  rgb(150, 154, 134)  hsl(72, 9%, 56%)  Xanadu
#9a8a86  rgb(154, 138, 134)  hsl(12, 9%, 56%)  Taupe Gray
#869a8a  rgb(134, 154, 138)  hsl(132, 9%, 56%)  Xanadu