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#8E95A9

#8e95a9 ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8e95a9 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 58.43% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.98% cyan, 11.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 224.44°, with 13.57% saturation and 60.98% 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 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 2.66.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3011

Complementary

  1. #8e95a9
  2. #a9a28e

Split complementary

  1. #8e95a9
  2. #a9948e
  3. #a3a98e

Analogous

  1. #8ea3a9
  2. #8e95a9
  3. #948ea9

Triadic

  1. #8e95a9
  2. #a98e95
  3. #95a98e

Tetradic

  1. #8e95a9
  2. #a28ea9
  3. #a9a28e
  4. #95a98e

Square

  1. #8e95a9
  2. #a98ea3
  3. #a9a28e
  4. #8ea994

Monochromatic

  1. #444a5a
  2. #656e85
  3. #8e95a9
  4. #b9beca
  5. #e5e6eb

Shades

#8e95a9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8e95a9
  2. #808698
  3. #727787
  4. #636876
  5. #555965
  6. #474b55
  7. #393c44
  8. #2b2d33
  9. #1c1e22
  10. #0e0f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#8e95a9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8e95a9
  2. #99a0b2
  3. #a5aaba
  4. #b0b5c3
  5. #bbbfcb
  6. #c7cad4
  7. #d2d5dd
  8. #dddfe5
  9. #e8eaee
  10. #f4f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8e95a9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8e95a9
  2. #8d93a5
  3. #8b91a1
  4. #8a8f9d
  5. #888d99
  6. #878b95
  7. #868890
  8. #84868c
  9. #838488
  10. #818284
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92959d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f96aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d94a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #88999b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f96aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e94a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8a97a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8e95a9 {
  color: #8e95a9;
}
Background
.bg-8e95a9 {
  background-color: #8e95a9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8e95a9 {
  border: 2px solid #8e95a9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8e95a9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 149 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 14% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8e95a9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8e95a9, #948ea9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8e95a9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 149 169 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 2.66 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 7.32 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 7.32 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.81 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.58 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.58 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.84 #716a56 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8e95a9  rgb(142, 149, 169)  hsl(224, 14%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#a9a28e  rgb(169, 162, 142)  hsl(44, 14%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#a98e95  rgb(169, 142, 149)  hsl(344, 14%, 61%)  Rose Quartz
#95a98e  rgb(149, 169, 142)  hsl(104, 14%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green