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#8A9291

#8a9291 ≈ Battleship Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a9291 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, 57.25% green and 56.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.48% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.68% yellow and 42.75% black. Its hue angle is 172.5°, with 3.54% saturation and 55.69% 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 6.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Battleship Gray (#848482), ΔE 5.88.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2801

Complementary

  1. #8a9291
  2. #928a8b

Split complementary

  1. #8a9291
  2. #928a8f
  3. #928d8a

Analogous

  1. #8a928d
  2. #8a9291
  3. #8a8f92

Triadic

  1. #8a9291
  2. #918a92
  3. #92918a

Tetradic

  1. #8a9291
  2. #8a8b92
  3. #928a8b
  4. #92918a

Square

  1. #8a9291
  2. #8d8a92
  3. #928a8b
  4. #8f928a

Monochromatic

  1. #3f4443
  2. #646b6b
  3. #8a9291
  4. #b2b7b6
  5. #d9dcdb

Shades

#8a9291 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a9291
  2. #7c8383
  3. #6e7574
  4. #616666
  5. #535857
  6. #454949
  7. #373a3a
  8. #292c2c
  9. #1c1d1d
  10. #0e0f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a9291 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a9291
  2. #969d9c
  3. #a1a8a7
  4. #adb3b2
  5. #b9bebd
  6. #c5c9c8
  7. #d0d3d3
  8. #dcdede
  9. #e8e9e9
  10. #f3f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a9291 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a9291
  2. #89908f
  3. #888e8e
  4. #878d8c
  5. #868b8a
  6. #858989
  7. #848787
  8. #838585
  9. #828483
  10. #818282
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e9191 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #919191 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f9091 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #889292 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8e9191 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8d9191 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #899291 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a9291 {
  color: #8a9291;
}
Background
.bg-8a9291 {
  background-color: #8a9291;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a9291 {
  border: 2px solid #8a9291;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a9291;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 146 145;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 4% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a9291 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a9291, #8a8f92);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a9291 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 146 145 / 0.35);
}

#848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 5.88 #808080 Gray ΔE 7.19 #808080 Grey ΔE 7.19 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.81 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.81 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.29 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.34 #756d6e Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Battleship Gray
#8a9291  rgb(138, 146, 145)  hsl(173, 4%, 56%)  Battleship Gray
#928a8b  rgb(146, 138, 139)  hsl(353, 4%, 56%)  Taupe Gray
#918a92  rgb(145, 138, 146)  hsl(293, 4%, 56%)  Taupe Gray
#92918a  rgb(146, 145, 138)  hsl(53, 4%, 56%)  Battleship Gray