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#8A8AAC

#8a8aac ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a8aac is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 54.12% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.77% cyan, 19.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 17% saturation and 60.78% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 4.47.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2656

Complementary

  1. #8a8aac
  2. #acac8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a8aac
  2. #ac9b8a
  3. #9bac8a

Analogous

  1. #8a9bac
  2. #8a8aac
  3. #9b8aac

Triadic

  1. #8a8aac
  2. #ac8a8a
  3. #8aac8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a8aac
  2. #ac8aac
  3. #acac8a
  4. #8aac8a

Square

  1. #8a8aac
  2. #ac8a9b
  3. #acac8a
  4. #8aac9b

Monochromatic

  1. #41415c
  2. #616189
  3. #8a8aac
  4. #b7b7cc
  5. #e3e3eb

Shades

#8a8aac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a8aac
  2. #7c7c9b
  3. #6e6e8a
  4. #616178
  5. #535367
  6. #454556
  7. #373745
  8. #292934
  9. #1c1c22
  10. #0e0e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a8aac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a8aac
  2. #9696b4
  3. #a1a1bd
  4. #adadc5
  5. #b9b9cd
  6. #c5c5d6
  7. #d0d0de
  8. #dcdce6
  9. #e8e8ee
  10. #f3f3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a8aac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a8aac
  2. #8989a8
  3. #8888a3
  4. #87879f
  5. #86869a
  6. #858596
  7. #848492
  8. #83838d
  9. #828289
  10. #818184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c8c9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #828eae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #818cab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #839095 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #858cad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #848bab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #868d9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a8aac {
  color: #8a8aac;
}
Background
.bg-8a8aac {
  background-color: #8a8aac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a8aac {
  border: 2px solid #8a8aac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a8aac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 138 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 17% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a8aac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a8aac, #9b8aac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a8aac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 138 172 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 4.47 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.90 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.55 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.11 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.34 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.34 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.46 #757553 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8a8aac  rgb(138, 138, 172)  hsl(240, 17%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#acac8a  rgb(172, 172, 138)  hsl(60, 17%, 61%)  Sage
#ac8a8a  rgb(172, 138, 138)  hsl(0, 17%, 61%)  Rosy Brown
#8aac8a  rgb(138, 172, 138)  hsl(120, 17%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green