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#8A99BA

#8a99ba ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a99ba is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 60% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.81% cyan, 17.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 221.25°, with 25.81% saturation and 63.53% 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 7.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 4.16.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3173

Complementary

  1. #8a99ba
  2. #baab8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a99ba
  2. #ba938a
  3. #b1ba8a

Analogous

  1. #8ab1ba
  2. #8a99ba
  3. #938aba

Triadic

  1. #8a99ba
  2. #ba8a99
  3. #99ba8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a99ba
  2. #ab8aba
  3. #baab8a
  4. #99ba8a

Square

  1. #8a99ba
  2. #ba8ab1
  3. #baab8a
  4. #8aba93

Monochromatic

  1. #3f4d6c
  2. #5c709c
  3. #8a99ba
  4. #bac3d6
  5. #eaedf3

Shades

#8a99ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a99ba
  2. #7c8aa7
  3. #6e7a95
  4. #616b82
  5. #535c70
  6. #454d5d
  7. #373d4a
  8. #292e38
  9. #1c1f25
  10. #0e0f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a99ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a99ba
  2. #96a3c1
  3. #a1adc8
  4. #adb8cf
  5. #b9c2d6
  6. #c5ccdd
  7. #d0d6e3
  8. #dce0ea
  9. #e8ebf1
  10. #f3f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a99ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a99ba
  2. #8997b4
  3. #8894ae
  4. #8792a9
  5. #868fa3
  6. #858d9d
  7. #848a97
  8. #838891
  9. #82858c
  10. #818386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9399a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f9bbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8a97b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e9fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8d9abb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a98ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #839dad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a99ba {
  color: #8a99ba;
}
Background
.bg-8a99ba {
  background-color: #8a99ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a99ba {
  border: 2px solid #8a99ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a99ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 153 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 26% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a99ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a99ba, #938aba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a99ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 153 186 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 4.16 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.50 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.12 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.22 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.44 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.81 #756645 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8a99ba  rgb(138, 153, 186)  hsl(221, 26%, 64%)  Cool Gray
#baab8a  rgb(186, 171, 138)  hsl(41, 26%, 64%)  Ecru
#ba8a99  rgb(186, 138, 153)  hsl(341, 26%, 64%)  Puce
#99ba8a  rgb(153, 186, 138)  hsl(101, 26%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green