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#8FA2AA

#8fa2aa ≈ Dark Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8fa2aa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 63.53% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.88% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 197.78°, with 13.71% saturation and 61.37% 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 7.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 8.58.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3458

Complementary

  1. #8fa2aa
  2. #aa978f

Split complementary

  1. #8fa2aa
  2. #aa8f94
  3. #aaa48f

Analogous

  1. #8faaa4
  2. #8fa2aa
  3. #8f94aa

Triadic

  1. #8fa2aa
  2. #aa8fa2
  3. #a2aa8f

Tetradic

  1. #8fa2aa
  2. #978faa
  3. #aa978f
  4. #a2aa8f

Square

  1. #8fa2aa
  2. #a48faa
  3. #aa978f
  4. #94aa8f

Monochromatic

  1. #45545b
  2. #667d86
  3. #8fa2aa
  4. #bac6cb
  5. #e6eaec

Shades

#8fa2aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8fa2aa
  2. #819299
  3. #728288
  4. #647177
  5. #566166
  6. #485155
  7. #394144
  8. #2b3133
  9. #1d2022
  10. #0e1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#8fa2aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8fa2aa
  2. #9aabb3
  3. #a5b5bb
  4. #b1bec4
  5. #bcc7cc
  6. #c7d1d5
  7. #d2dadd
  8. #dde3e6
  9. #e9ecee
  10. #f4f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8fa2aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8fa2aa
  2. #8e9fa6
  3. #8c9ba2
  4. #8b989d
  5. #899499
  6. #889195
  7. #868e91
  8. #858a8d
  9. #838788
  10. #828384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99a0a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ea1aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #999daa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #88a5a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a1aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #959faa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ba4a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8fa2aa {
  color: #8fa2aa;
}
Background
.bg-8fa2aa {
  background-color: #8fa2aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8fa2aa {
  border: 2px solid #8fa2aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8fa2aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 162 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 14% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8fa2aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fa2aa, #8f94aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8fa2aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 162 170 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.58 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.58 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.58 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.60 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.60 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.92 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.64 #705d55 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#8fa2aa  rgb(143, 162, 170)  hsl(198, 14%, 61%)  Dark Gray
#aa978f  rgb(170, 151, 143)  hsl(18, 14%, 61%)  Silver Pink
#aa8fa2  rgb(170, 143, 162)  hsl(318, 14%, 61%)  Rose Quartz
#a2aa8f  rgb(162, 170, 143)  hsl(78, 14%, 61%)  Sage