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#928A8A

#928a8a ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#928a8a is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 57.25% red, 54.12% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.48% magenta, 5.48% yellow and 42.75% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 3.54% saturation and 55.69% 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 6.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 2.87.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2612

Complementary

  1. #928a8a
  2. #8a9292

Split complementary

  1. #928a8a
  2. #8a928e
  3. #8a8e92

Analogous

  1. #928a8e
  2. #928a8a
  3. #928e8a

Triadic

  1. #928a8a
  2. #8a928a
  3. #8a8a92

Tetradic

  1. #928a8a
  2. #92928a
  3. #8a9292
  4. #8a8a92

Square

  1. #928a8a
  2. #8e928a
  3. #8a9292
  4. #8e8a92

Monochromatic

  1. #443f3f
  2. #6b6464
  3. #928a8a
  4. #b7b2b2
  5. #dcd9d9

Shades

#928a8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #928a8a
  2. #837c7c
  3. #756e6e
  4. #666161
  5. #585353
  6. #494545
  7. #3a3737
  8. #2c2929
  9. #1d1c1c
  10. #0f0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#928a8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #928a8a
  2. #9d9696
  3. #a8a1a1
  4. #b3adad
  5. #beb9b9
  6. #c9c5c5
  7. #d3d0d0
  8. #dedcdc
  9. #e9e8e8
  10. #f4f3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#928a8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #928a8a
  2. #908989
  3. #8e8888
  4. #8d8787
  5. #8b8686
  6. #898585
  7. #878484
  8. #858383
  9. #848282
  10. #828181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e8b8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b8b8a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d8c8a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94898a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8e8b8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8f8b8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #938a8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-928a8a {
  color: #928a8a;
}
Background
.bg-928a8a {
  background-color: #928a8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-928a8a {
  border: 2px solid #928a8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #928a8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 146 138 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 4% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-928a8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #928a8a, #928e8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-928a8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(146 138 138 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 2.87 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 5.51 #808080 Gray ΔE 5.96 #808080 Grey ΔE 5.96 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.16 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.16 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.57 #6d7575 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#928a8a  rgb(146, 138, 138)  hsl(0, 4%, 56%)  Taupe Gray
#8a9292  rgb(138, 146, 146)  hsl(180, 4%, 56%)  Battleship Gray
#8a928a  rgb(138, 146, 138)  hsl(120, 4%, 56%)  Battleship Gray
#8a8a92  rgb(138, 138, 146)  hsl(240, 4%, 56%)  Taupe Gray