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#8EA1A8

#8ea1a8 ≈ Dark Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8ea1a8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 63.14% green and 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.48% cyan, 4.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 196.15°, with 13% saturation and 60.78% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 8.66.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3407

Complementary

  1. #8ea1a8
  2. #a8958e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea1a8
  2. #a88e94
  3. #a8a28e

Analogous

  1. #8ea8a2
  2. #8ea1a8
  3. #8e94a8

Triadic

  1. #8ea1a8
  2. #a88ea1
  3. #a1a88e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea1a8
  2. #958ea8
  3. #a8958e
  4. #a1a88e

Square

  1. #8ea1a8
  2. #a28ea8
  3. #a8958e
  4. #94a88e

Monochromatic

  1. #445359
  2. #667c84
  3. #8ea1a8
  4. #b9c5c9
  5. #e4e9eb

Shades

#8ea1a8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea1a8
  2. #809197
  3. #728186
  4. #637176
  5. #556165
  6. #475154
  7. #394043
  8. #2b3032
  9. #1c2022
  10. #0e1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea1a8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea1a8
  2. #99aab1
  3. #a5b4b9
  4. #b0bdc2
  5. #bbc7cb
  6. #c7d0d4
  7. #d2d9dc
  8. #dde3e5
  9. #e8ecee
  10. #f4f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea1a8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea1a8
  2. #8d9ea4
  3. #8b9aa0
  4. #8a979c
  5. #889498
  6. #879194
  7. #868d90
  8. #848a8c
  9. #838788
  10. #818384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #989fa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da0a8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #999ca8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87a3a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97a0a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #949ea8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8aa2a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea1a8 {
  color: #8ea1a8;
}
Background
.bg-8ea1a8 {
  background-color: #8ea1a8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea1a8 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea1a8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea1a8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 161 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 13% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea1a8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea1a8, #8e94a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea1a8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 161 168 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.66 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.80 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.58 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.58 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.24 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.54 #715e57 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#8ea1a8  rgb(142, 161, 168)  hsl(196, 13%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#a8958e  rgb(168, 149, 142)  hsl(16, 13%, 61%)  Beaver
#a88ea1  rgb(168, 142, 161)  hsl(316, 13%, 61%)  Rose Quartz
#a1a88e  rgb(161, 168, 142)  hsl(76, 13%, 61%)  Sage