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#8EA2A7

#8ea2a7 ≈ Dark Gray

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8ea2a7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 63.53% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.97% cyan, 2.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 192°, with 12.44% saturation and 60.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 8.86.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3438

Complementary

  1. #8ea2a7
  2. #a7938e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea2a7
  2. #a78e96
  3. #a7a08e

Analogous

  1. #8ea7a0
  2. #8ea2a7
  3. #8e96a7

Triadic

  1. #8ea2a7
  2. #a78ea2
  3. #a2a78e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea2a7
  2. #938ea7
  3. #a7938e
  4. #a2a78e

Square

  1. #8ea2a7
  2. #a08ea7
  3. #a7938e
  4. #96a78e

Monochromatic

  1. #445458
  2. #667d83
  3. #8ea2a7
  4. #b9c5c8
  5. #e4e9ea

Shades

#8ea2a7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea2a7
  2. #809296
  3. #728286
  4. #637175
  5. #556164
  6. #475154
  7. #394143
  8. #2b3132
  9. #1c2021
  10. #0e1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea2a7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea2a7
  2. #99abb0
  3. #a5b5b9
  4. #b0bec1
  5. #bbc7ca
  6. #c7d1d3
  7. #d2dadc
  8. #dde3e5
  9. #e8eced
  10. #f4f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea2a7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea2a7
  2. #8d9fa3
  3. #8b9b9f
  4. #8a989b
  5. #889497
  6. #879194
  7. #868e90
  8. #848a8c
  9. #838788
  10. #818384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98a0a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ea0a7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a9da7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87a4a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a1a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #959fa7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8aa3a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea2a7 {
  color: #8ea2a7;
}
Background
.bg-8ea2a7 {
  background-color: #8ea2a7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea2a7 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea2a7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea2a7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 162 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 12% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea2a7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea2a7, #8e96a7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea2a7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 162 167 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.86 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.86 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.07 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.09 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.44 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.44 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.78 #715d58 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#8ea2a7  rgb(142, 162, 167)  hsl(192, 12%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#a7938e  rgb(167, 147, 142)  hsl(12, 12%, 61%)  Beaver
#a78ea2  rgb(167, 142, 162)  hsl(312, 12%, 61%)  Rose Quartz
#a2a78e  rgb(162, 167, 142)  hsl(72, 12%, 61%)  Sage