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#8D868B

#8d868b ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8d868b is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 52.55% green and 54.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.96% magenta, 1.42% yellow and 44.71% black. Its hue angle is 317.14°, with 2.98% saturation and 53.92% 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 5.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 0.89.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2458

Complementary

  1. #8d868b
  2. #868d88

Split complementary

  1. #8d868b
  2. #878d86
  3. #868d8b

Analogous

  1. #8b868d
  2. #8d868b
  3. #8d8687

Triadic

  1. #8d868b
  2. #8b8d86
  3. #868b8d

Tetradic

  1. #8d868b
  2. #8d8886
  3. #868d88
  4. #868b8d

Square

  1. #8d868b
  2. #8d8b86
  3. #868d88
  4. #86878d

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3b3e
  2. #666065
  3. #8d868b
  4. #b2adb1
  5. #d7d5d7

Shades

#8d868b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8d868b
  2. #7f797d
  3. #716b6f
  4. #635e61
  5. #555053
  6. #474346
  7. #383638
  8. #2a282a
  9. #1c1b1c
  10. #0e0d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#8d868b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8d868b
  2. #989297
  3. #a49ea2
  4. #afaaae
  5. #bbb6b9
  6. #c6c3c5
  7. #d1cfd1
  8. #dddbdc
  9. #e8e7e8
  10. #f4f3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8d868b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8d868b
  2. #8c858a
  3. #8a8589
  4. #898488
  5. #888487
  6. #878386
  7. #858284
  8. #848283
  9. #838182
  10. #818181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a8789 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86878b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87888b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8e8688 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89878b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a878b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e8689 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8d868b {
  color: #8d868b;
}
Background
.bg-8d868b {
  background-color: #8d868b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8d868b {
  border: 2px solid #8d868b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8d868b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 134 139;
  --color-primary-hsl: 317 3% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8d868b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8d868b, #8d8687);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8d868b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 134 139 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 0.89 #808080 Gray ΔE 5.79 #808080 Grey ΔE 5.79 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 6.26 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.98 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.43 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.96 #727974 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#8d868b  rgb(141, 134, 139)  hsl(317, 3%, 54%)  Taupe Gray
#868d88  rgb(134, 141, 136)  hsl(137, 3%, 54%)  Battleship Gray
#8b8d86  rgb(139, 141, 134)  hsl(77, 3%, 54%)  Battleship Gray
#868b8d  rgb(134, 139, 141)  hsl(197, 3%, 54%)  Battleship Gray