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#939A8A

#939a8a ≈ Xanadu

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#939a8a is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 57.65% red, 60.39% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.55% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.39% yellow and 39.61% black. Its hue angle is 86.25°, with 7.34% saturation and 57.25% 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 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Xanadu (#738678), ΔE 9.1.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3115

Complementary

  1. #939a8a
  2. #918a9a

Split complementary

  1. #939a8a
  2. #8a8b9a
  3. #998a9a

Analogous

  1. #9a998a
  2. #939a8a
  3. #8b9a8a

Triadic

  1. #939a8a
  2. #8a939a
  3. #9a8a93

Tetradic

  1. #939a8a
  2. #8a9a91
  3. #918a9a
  4. #9a8a93

Square

  1. #939a8a
  2. #8a9a99
  3. #918a9a
  4. #9a8a8b

Monochromatic

  1. #464b40
  2. #6d7464
  3. #939a8a
  4. #b9bdb3
  5. #dfe1dc

Shades

#939a8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #939a8a
  2. #848b7c
  3. #767b6e
  4. #676c61
  5. #585c53
  6. #4a4d45
  7. #3b3e37
  8. #2c2e29
  9. #1d1f1c
  10. #0f0f0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#939a8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #939a8a
  2. #9ea496
  3. #a9aea1
  4. #b3b8ad
  5. #bec2b9
  6. #c9cdc5
  7. #d4d7d0
  8. #dfe1dc
  9. #e9ebe8
  10. #f4f5f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#939a8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #939a8a
  2. #919789
  3. #8f9588
  4. #8d9287
  5. #8b9086
  6. #8a8d85
  7. #888a84
  8. #868883
  9. #848582
  10. #828381
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #969892 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9889 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b978b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #949895 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #989989 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98988a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #949991 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-939a8a {
  color: #939a8a;
}
Background
.bg-939a8a {
  background-color: #939a8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-939a8a {
  border: 2px solid #939a8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #939a8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 147 154 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 86 7% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-939a8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #939a8a, #8b9a8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-939a8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(147 154 138 / 0.35);
}

#738678 Xanadu ΔE 9.10 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.38 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.45 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.45 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.91 #808080 Gray ΔE 12.13 #808080 Grey ΔE 12.13 #6c6575 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Xanadu
#939a8a  rgb(147, 154, 138)  hsl(86, 7%, 57%)  Xanadu
#918a9a  rgb(145, 138, 154)  hsl(266, 7%, 57%)  Taupe Gray
#8a939a  rgb(138, 147, 154)  hsl(206, 7%, 57%)  Light Slate Gray
#9a8a93  rgb(154, 138, 147)  hsl(326, 7%, 57%)  Taupe Gray