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#8A939B

#8a939b ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a939b 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, 57.65% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.97% cyan, 5.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black. Its hue angle is 208.24°, with 7.83% saturation and 57.45% 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 6.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 5.89.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2864

Complementary

  1. #8a939b
  2. #9b928a

Split complementary

  1. #8a939b
  2. #9b8a8b
  3. #9b9a8a

Analogous

  1. #8a9b9a
  2. #8a939b
  3. #8a8b9b

Triadic

  1. #8a939b
  2. #9b8a93
  3. #939b8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a939b
  2. #928a9b
  3. #9b928a
  4. #939b8a

Square

  1. #8a939b
  2. #9a8a9b
  3. #9b928a
  4. #8b9b8a

Monochromatic

  1. #41464b
  2. #646d75
  3. #8a939b
  4. #b3b9be
  5. #dcdfe2

Shades

#8a939b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a939b
  2. #7c848c
  3. #6e767c
  4. #61676d
  5. #53585d
  6. #454a4e
  7. #373b3e
  8. #292c2f
  9. #1c1d1f
  10. #0e0f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a939b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a939b
  2. #969ea5
  3. #a1a9af
  4. #adb3b9
  5. #b9bec3
  6. #c5c9cd
  7. #d0d4d7
  8. #dcdfe1
  9. #e8e9eb
  10. #f3f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a939b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a939b
  2. #899198
  3. #888f96
  4. #878d93
  5. #868b90
  6. #858a8e
  7. #84888b
  8. #838688
  9. #828485
  10. #818283
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f9296 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90939b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e919b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #869595 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8e939b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8c929b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #889498 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a939b {
  color: #8a939b;
}
Background
.bg-8a939b {
  background-color: #8a939b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a939b {
  border: 2px solid #8a939b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a939b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 147 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 8% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a939b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a939b, #8a8b9b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a939b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 147 155 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 5.89 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 5.89 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 7.77 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.03 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.03 #808080 Gray ΔE 8.15 #808080 Grey ΔE 8.15 #756c64 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#8a939b  rgb(138, 147, 155)  hsl(208, 8%, 57%)  Light Slate Gray
#9b928a  rgb(155, 146, 138)  hsl(28, 8%, 57%)  Battleship Gray
#9b8a93  rgb(155, 138, 147)  hsl(328, 8%, 57%)  Rose Quartz
#939b8a  rgb(147, 155, 138)  hsl(88, 8%, 57%)  Xanadu