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#8A95AA

#8a95aa ≈ Cool Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a95aa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 58.43% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.82% cyan, 12.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 219.37°, with 15.84% saturation and 60.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 3.57.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.298

Complementary

  1. #8a95aa
  2. #aa9f8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a95aa
  2. #aa8f8a
  3. #a5aa8a

Analogous

  1. #8aa5aa
  2. #8a95aa
  3. #8f8aaa

Triadic

  1. #8a95aa
  2. #aa8a95
  3. #95aa8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a95aa
  2. #9f8aaa
  3. #aa9f8a
  4. #95aa8a

Square

  1. #8a95aa
  2. #aa8aa5
  3. #aa9f8a
  4. #8aaa8f

Monochromatic

  1. #414a5a
  2. #616e86
  3. #8a95aa
  4. #b6bdca
  5. #e3e5ea

Shades

#8a95aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a95aa
  2. #7c8699
  3. #6e7788
  4. #616877
  5. #535966
  6. #454b55
  7. #373c44
  8. #292d33
  9. #1c1e22
  10. #0e0f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a95aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a95aa
  2. #96a0b3
  3. #a1aabb
  4. #adb5c4
  5. #b9bfcc
  6. #c5cad5
  7. #d0d5dd
  8. #dcdfe6
  9. #e8eaee
  10. #f3f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a95aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a95aa
  2. #8993a6
  3. #8891a2
  4. #878f9d
  5. #868d99
  6. #858b95
  7. #848891
  8. #83868d
  9. #828488
  10. #818284
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90959e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f96ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c93aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #82999c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8d96ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b94aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8597a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a95aa {
  color: #8a95aa;
}
Background
.bg-8a95aa {
  background-color: #8a95aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a95aa {
  border: 2px solid #8a95aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a95aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 149 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 16% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a95aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a95aa, #8f8aaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a95aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 149 170 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 3.57 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.21 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.21 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.74 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.74 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.97 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.81 #756a55 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8a95aa  rgb(138, 149, 170)  hsl(219, 16%, 60%)  Cool Gray
#aa9f8a  rgb(170, 159, 138)  hsl(39, 16%, 60%)  Ecru
#aa8a95  rgb(170, 138, 149)  hsl(339, 16%, 60%)  Mountbatten Pink
#95aa8a  rgb(149, 170, 138)  hsl(99, 16%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green