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#8B958E

#8b958e ≈ Battleship Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8b958e is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 58.43% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.7% yellow and 41.57% black. Its hue angle is 138°, with 4.5% saturation and 56.47% 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 6.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Battleship Gray (#848482), ΔE 7.8.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2894

Complementary

  1. #8b958e
  2. #958b92

Split complementary

  1. #8b958e
  2. #938b95
  3. #958b8d

Analogous

  1. #8d958b
  2. #8b958e
  3. #8b9593

Triadic

  1. #8b958e
  2. #8e8b95
  3. #958e8b

Tetradic

  1. #8b958e
  2. #8b9295
  3. #958b92
  4. #958e8b

Square

  1. #8b958e
  2. #8b8d95
  3. #958b92
  4. #95938b

Monochromatic

  1. #404742
  2. #656f68
  3. #8b958e
  4. #b3bab5
  5. #dbdedc

Shades

#8b958e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8b958e
  2. #7d8680
  3. #6f7772
  4. #616863
  5. #535955
  6. #464b47
  7. #383c39
  8. #2a2d2b
  9. #1c1e1c
  10. #0e0f0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#8b958e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8b958e
  2. #97a099
  3. #a2aaa5
  4. #aeb5b0
  5. #b9bfbb
  6. #c5cac7
  7. #d1d5d2
  8. #dcdfdd
  9. #e8eae8
  10. #f3f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8b958e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8b958e
  2. #8a938d
  3. #89918b
  4. #888f8a
  5. #878d88
  6. #868b87
  7. #848886
  8. #838684
  9. #828483
  10. #818281
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #909391 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95938e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93928e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8a9593 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91948e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90938e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8a9591 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8b958e {
  color: #8b958e;
}
Background
.bg-8b958e {
  background-color: #8b958e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8b958e {
  border: 2px solid #8b958e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8b958e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 149 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 138 5% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8b958e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8b958e, #8b9593);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8b958e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 149 142 / 0.35);
}

#848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 7.80 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 7.89 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.36 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.36 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.69 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.69 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.98 #746a71 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Battleship Gray
#8b958e  rgb(139, 149, 142)  hsl(138, 5%, 56%)  Battleship Gray
#958b92  rgb(149, 139, 146)  hsl(318, 5%, 56%)  Taupe Gray
#8e8b95  rgb(142, 139, 149)  hsl(258, 5%, 56%)  Taupe Gray
#958e8b  rgb(149, 142, 139)  hsl(18, 5%, 56%)  Taupe Gray