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#8A9898

#8a9898 ≈ Battleship Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8a9898 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, 59.61% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.21% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 40.39% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 6.36% saturation and 56.86% 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 7.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Battleship Gray (#848482), ΔE 8.74.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3013

Complementary

  1. #8a9898
  2. #988a8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a9898
  2. #988a91
  3. #98918a

Analogous

  1. #8a9891
  2. #8a9898
  3. #8a9198

Triadic

  1. #8a9898
  2. #988a98
  3. #98988a

Tetradic

  1. #8a9898
  2. #8a8a98
  3. #988a8a
  4. #98988a

Square

  1. #8a9898
  2. #918a98
  3. #988a8a
  4. #91988a

Monochromatic

  1. #404949
  2. #647272
  3. #8a9898
  4. #b3bcbc
  5. #dbe0e0

Shades

#8a9898 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a9898
  2. #7c8989
  3. #6e7a7a
  4. #616a6a
  5. #535b5b
  6. #454c4c
  7. #373d3d
  8. #292e2e
  9. #1c1e1e
  10. #0e0f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a9898 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a9898
  2. #96a2a2
  3. #a1adad
  4. #adb7b7
  5. #b9c1c1
  6. #c5cccc
  7. #d0d6d6
  8. #dce0e0
  9. #e8eaea
  10. #f3f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a9898 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a9898
  2. #899696
  3. #889393
  4. #879191
  5. #868e8e
  6. #858c8c
  7. #848a8a
  8. #838787
  9. #828585
  10. #818282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #919696 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #969698 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #939498 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #869998 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #919798 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #909698 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #889998 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a9898 {
  color: #8a9898;
}
Background
.bg-8a9898 {
  background-color: #8a9898;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a9898 {
  border: 2px solid #8a9898;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a9898;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 152 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 6% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a9898 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a9898, #8a9198);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a9898 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 152 152 / 0.35);
}

#848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 8.74 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.95 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.95 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.78 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.78 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.90 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.90 #756767 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Battleship Gray
#8a9898  rgb(138, 152, 152)  hsl(180, 6%, 57%)  Battleship Gray
#988a8a  rgb(152, 138, 138)  hsl(0, 6%, 57%)  Taupe Gray
#988a98  rgb(152, 138, 152)  hsl(300, 6%, 57%)  Rose Quartz
#98988a  rgb(152, 152, 138)  hsl(60, 6%, 57%)  Battleship Gray