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#8A90AC

#8a90ac ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a90ac is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 56.47% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.77% cyan, 16.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 229.41°, 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 6.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 0.95.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2833

Complementary

  1. #8a90ac
  2. #aca68a

Split complementary

  1. #8a90ac
  2. #ac958a
  3. #a1ac8a

Analogous

  1. #8aa1ac
  2. #8a90ac
  3. #958aac

Triadic

  1. #8a90ac
  2. #ac8a90
  3. #90ac8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a90ac
  2. #a68aac
  3. #aca68a
  4. #90ac8a

Square

  1. #8a90ac
  2. #ac8aa1
  3. #aca68a
  4. #8aac95

Monochromatic

  1. #41465c
  2. #616889
  3. #8a90ac
  4. #b7bacc
  5. #e3e5eb

Shades

#8a90ac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a90ac
  2. #7c829b
  3. #6e738a
  4. #616578
  5. #535667
  6. #454856
  7. #373a45
  8. #292b34
  9. #1c1d22
  10. #0e0e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a90ac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a90ac
  2. #969bb4
  3. #a1a6bd
  4. #adb1c5
  5. #b9bccd
  6. #c5c8d6
  7. #d0d3de
  8. #dcdee6
  9. #e8e9ee
  10. #f3f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a90ac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a90ac
  2. #898ea8
  3. #888da3
  4. #878b9f
  5. #868a9a
  6. #858896
  7. #848692
  8. #83858d
  9. #828389
  10. #818284
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e919d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8892ad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8690ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #829599 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8991ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8890ac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8593a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a90ac {
  color: #8a90ac;
}
Background
.bg-8a90ac {
  background-color: #8a90ac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a90ac {
  border: 2px solid #8a90ac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a90ac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 144 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 17% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a90ac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a90ac, #958aac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a90ac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 144 172 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 0.95 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.70 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.70 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.13 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 10.35 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 10.35 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.09 #756f53 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8a90ac  rgb(138, 144, 172)  hsl(229, 17%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#aca68a  rgb(172, 166, 138)  hsl(49, 17%, 61%)  Sage
#ac8a90  rgb(172, 138, 144)  hsl(349, 17%, 61%)  Rosy Brown
#90ac8a  rgb(144, 172, 138)  hsl(109, 17%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green