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#8F969E

#8f969e ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#8f969e is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 58.82% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.49% cyan, 5.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 212°, with 7.18% saturation and 59.02% 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 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 6.98.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3012

Complementary

  1. #8f969e
  2. #9e978f

Split complementary

  1. #8f969e
  2. #9e8f8f
  3. #9e9e8f

Analogous

  1. #8f9e9e
  2. #8f969e
  3. #8f8f9e

Triadic

  1. #8f969e
  2. #9e8f96
  3. #969e8f

Tetradic

  1. #8f969e
  2. #978f9e
  3. #9e978f
  4. #969e8f

Square

  1. #8f969e
  2. #9e8f9e
  3. #9e978f
  4. #8f9e8f

Monochromatic

  1. #454a4f
  2. #687078
  3. #8f969e
  4. #b8bcc2
  5. #e1e3e5

Shades

#8f969e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8f969e
  2. #81878e
  3. #72787e
  4. #64696f
  5. #565a5f
  6. #484b4f
  7. #393c3f
  8. #2b2d2f
  9. #1d1e20
  10. #0e0f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#8f969e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8f969e
  2. #9aa1a8
  3. #a5abb1
  4. #b1b6bb
  5. #bcc0c5
  6. #c7cbcf
  7. #d2d5d8
  8. #dde0e2
  9. #e9eaec
  10. #f4f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8f969e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8f969e
  2. #8e949b
  3. #8c9298
  4. #8b8f95
  5. #898d92
  6. #888b8f
  7. #86898c
  8. #858789
  9. #838486
  10. #828283
  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 #939599 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93969e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92949e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8c9898 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92969e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91959e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d979b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8f969e {
  color: #8f969e;
}
Background
.bg-8f969e {
  background-color: #8f969e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8f969e {
  border: 2px solid #8f969e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8f969e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 150 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 7% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8f969e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8f969e, #8f8f9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8f969e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 150 158 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.98 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.98 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.70 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.70 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.20 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 8.28 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.36 #706961 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#8f969e  rgb(143, 150, 158)  hsl(212, 7%, 59%)  Light Slate Gray
#9e978f  rgb(158, 151, 143)  hsl(32, 7%, 59%)  Dark Gray
#9e8f96  rgb(158, 143, 150)  hsl(332, 7%, 59%)  Rose Quartz
#969e8f  rgb(150, 158, 143)  hsl(92, 7%, 59%)  Ash Gray