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#8A888A

#8a888a ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a888a 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, 53.33% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 300°, with 0.85% saturation and 53.73% 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 5.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 2.61.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2485

Complementary

  1. #8a888a
  2. #888a88

Split complementary

  1. #8a888a
  2. #898a88
  3. #888a89

Analogous

  1. #89888a
  2. #8a888a
  3. #8a8889

Triadic

  1. #8a888a
  2. #8a8a88
  3. #888a8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a888a
  2. #8a8888
  3. #888a88
  4. #888a8a

Square

  1. #8a888a
  2. #8a8988
  3. #888a88
  4. #88898a

Monochromatic

  1. #3d3c3d
  2. #646264
  3. #8a888a
  4. #b0afb0
  5. #d6d5d6

Shades

#8a888a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a888a
  2. #7c7a7c
  3. #6e6d6e
  4. #615f61
  5. #535253
  6. #454445
  7. #373637
  8. #292929
  9. #1c1b1c
  10. #0e0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a888a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a888a
  2. #969496
  3. #a1a0a1
  4. #adacad
  5. #b9b8b9
  6. #c5c4c5
  7. #d0cfd0
  8. #dcdbdc
  9. #e8e7e8
  10. #f3f3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a888a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a888a
  2. #898789
  3. #888688
  4. #878687
  5. #868586
  6. #858485
  7. #848384
  8. #838283
  9. #828282
  10. #818181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #898889 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88888a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88898a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8a8889 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89888a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89888a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8a8889 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a888a {
  color: #8a888a;
}
Background
.bg-8a888a {
  background-color: #8a888a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a888a {
  border: 2px solid #8a888a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a888a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 136 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 300 1% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a888a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a888a, #8a8889);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a888a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 136 138 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 2.61 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 3.38 #808080 Gray ΔE 3.63 #808080 Grey ΔE 3.63 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.56 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.56 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.94 #757775 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#8a888a  rgb(138, 136, 138)  hsl(300, 1%, 54%)  Taupe Gray
#888a88  rgb(136, 138, 136)  hsl(120, 1%, 54%)  Battleship Gray
#8a8a88  rgb(138, 138, 136)  hsl(60, 1%, 54%)  Battleship Gray
#888a8a  rgb(136, 138, 138)  hsl(180, 1%, 54%)  Battleship Gray