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#8D9898

#8d9898 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8d9898 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, 59.61% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 40.39% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 5.07% saturation and 57.45% 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 7.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 7.96.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3039

Complementary

  1. #8d9898
  2. #988d8d

Split complementary

  1. #8d9898
  2. #988d92
  3. #98928d

Analogous

  1. #8d9892
  2. #8d9898
  3. #8d9298

Triadic

  1. #8d9898
  2. #988d98
  3. #98988d

Tetradic

  1. #8d9898
  2. #8d8d98
  3. #988d8d
  4. #98988d

Square

  1. #8d9898
  2. #928d98
  3. #988d8d
  4. #92988d

Monochromatic

  1. #424a4a
  2. #677272
  3. #8d9898
  4. #b5bcbc
  5. #dde1e1

Shades

#8d9898 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8d9898
  2. #7f8989
  3. #717a7a
  4. #636a6a
  5. #555b5b
  6. #474c4c
  7. #383d3d
  8. #2a2e2e
  9. #1c1e1e
  10. #0e0f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#8d9898 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8d9898
  2. #98a2a2
  3. #a4adad
  4. #afb7b7
  5. #bbc1c1
  6. #c6cccc
  7. #d1d6d6
  8. #dde0e0
  9. #e8eaea
  10. #f4f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8d9898 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8d9898
  2. #8c9696
  3. #8a9393
  4. #899191
  5. #888e8e
  6. #878c8c
  7. #858a8a
  8. #848787
  9. #838585
  10. #818282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #929797 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #969798 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #949598 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8a9998 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #939798 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #919698 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8b9898 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8d9898 {
  color: #8d9898;
}
Background
.bg-8d9898 {
  background-color: #8d9898;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8d9898 {
  border: 2px solid #8d9898;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8d9898;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 152 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 5% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8d9898 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8d9898, #8d9298);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8d9898 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 152 152 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.96 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.96 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 8.06 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.30 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.30 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.72 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.72 #726767 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#8d9898  rgb(141, 152, 152)  hsl(180, 5%, 57%)  Dark Gray
#988d8d  rgb(152, 141, 141)  hsl(0, 5%, 57%)  Taupe Gray
#988d98  rgb(152, 141, 152)  hsl(300, 5%, 57%)  Taupe Gray
#98988d  rgb(152, 152, 141)  hsl(60, 5%, 57%)  Dark Gray