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#908A8A

#908a8a ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#908a8a is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.47% red, 54.12% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.17% magenta, 4.17% yellow and 43.53% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 2.63% saturation and 55.29% 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 6.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 2.77.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2594

Complementary

  1. #908a8a
  2. #8a9090

Split complementary

  1. #908a8a
  2. #8a908d
  3. #8a8d90

Analogous

  1. #908a8d
  2. #908a8a
  3. #908d8a

Triadic

  1. #908a8a
  2. #8a908a
  3. #8a8a90

Tetradic

  1. #908a8a
  2. #90908a
  3. #8a9090
  4. #8a8a90

Square

  1. #908a8a
  2. #8d908a
  3. #8a9090
  4. #8d8a90

Monochromatic

  1. #423f3f
  2. #696464
  3. #908a8a
  4. #b5b1b1
  5. #dad9d9

Shades

#908a8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #908a8a
  2. #827c7c
  3. #736e6e
  4. #656161
  5. #565353
  6. #484545
  7. #3a3737
  8. #2b2929
  9. #1d1c1c
  10. #0e0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#908a8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #908a8a
  2. #9b9696
  3. #a6a1a1
  4. #b1adad
  5. #bcb9b9
  6. #c8c5c5
  7. #d3d0d0
  8. #dedcdc
  9. #e9e8e8
  10. #f4f3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#908a8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #908a8a
  2. #8e8989
  3. #8d8888
  4. #8b8787
  5. #8a8686
  6. #888585
  7. #868484
  8. #858383
  9. #838282
  10. #828181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d8b8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b8b8a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c8c8a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #918a8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8d8a8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e8b8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #918a8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-908a8a {
  color: #908a8a;
}
Background
.bg-908a8a {
  background-color: #908a8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-908a8a {
  border: 2px solid #908a8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #908a8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 138 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 3% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-908a8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #908a8a, #908d8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-908a8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 138 138 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 2.77 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 4.62 #808080 Gray ΔE 5.21 #808080 Grey ΔE 5.21 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.95 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.95 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 11.16 #6f7575 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#908a8a  rgb(144, 138, 138)  hsl(0, 3%, 55%)  Taupe Gray
#8a9090  rgb(138, 144, 144)  hsl(180, 3%, 55%)  Battleship Gray
#8a908a  rgb(138, 144, 138)  hsl(120, 3%, 55%)  Battleship Gray
#8a8a90  rgb(138, 138, 144)  hsl(240, 3%, 55%)  Taupe Gray