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#8A8A9E

#8a8a9e ≈ Cool Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a8a9e 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, 54.12% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.66% cyan, 12.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 9.35% saturation and 58.04% 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 6.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 3.94.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2605

Complementary

  1. #8a8a9e
  2. #9e9e8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a8a9e
  2. #9e948a
  3. #949e8a

Analogous

  1. #8a949e
  2. #8a8a9e
  3. #948a9e

Triadic

  1. #8a8a9e
  2. #9e8a8a
  3. #8a9e8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a8a9e
  2. #9e8a9e
  3. #9e9e8a
  4. #8a9e8a

Square

  1. #8a8a9e
  2. #9e8a94
  3. #9e9e8a
  4. #8a9e94

Monochromatic

  1. #41414e
  2. #636378
  3. #8a8a9e
  4. #b4b4c1
  5. #dedee3

Shades

#8a8a9e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a8a9e
  2. #7c7c8e
  3. #6e6e7e
  4. #61616f
  5. #53535f
  6. #45454f
  7. #37373f
  8. #29292f
  9. #1c1c20
  10. #0e0e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a8a9e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a8a9e
  2. #9696a8
  3. #a1a1b1
  4. #adadbb
  5. #b9b9c5
  6. #c5c5cf
  7. #d0d0d8
  8. #dcdce2
  9. #e8e8ec
  10. #f3f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a8a9e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a8a9e
  2. #89899b
  3. #888898
  4. #878795
  5. #868692
  6. #85858f
  7. #84848c
  8. #838389
  9. #828286
  10. #818183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b8b93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #858c9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #858b9d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #868d90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #878b9f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #878b9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #888c96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a8a9e {
  color: #8a8a9e;
}
Background
.bg-8a8a9e {
  background-color: #8a8a9e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a8a9e {
  border: 2px solid #8a8a9e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a8a9e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 138 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 9% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a8a9e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a8a9e, #948a9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a8a9e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 138 158 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 3.94 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 7.56 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.81 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.81 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.43 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.75 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.75 #757561 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8a8a9e  rgb(138, 138, 158)  hsl(240, 9%, 58%)  Cool Gray
#9e9e8a  rgb(158, 158, 138)  hsl(60, 9%, 58%)  Dark Gray
#9e8a8a  rgb(158, 138, 138)  hsl(0, 9%, 58%)  Taupe Gray
#8a9e8a  rgb(138, 158, 138)  hsl(120, 9%, 58%)  Xanadu