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#979180

#979180 ≈ Battleship Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#979180 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 56.86% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.97% magenta, 15.23% yellow and 40.78% black. Its hue angle is 44.35°, with 9.96% saturation and 54.71% 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 6.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Battleship Gray (#848482), ΔE 8.45.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2839

Complementary

  1. #979180
  2. #808697

Split complementary

  1. #979180
  2. #809297
  3. #868097

Analogous

  1. #978680
  2. #979180
  3. #929780

Triadic

  1. #979180
  2. #809791
  3. #918097

Tetradic

  1. #979180
  2. #869780
  3. #808697
  4. #918097

Square

  1. #979180
  2. #809786
  3. #808697
  4. #978092

Monochromatic

  1. #454239
  2. #6f6a5b
  3. #979180
  4. #b9b5aa
  5. #dcdad4

Shades

#979180 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #979180
  2. #888373
  3. #797466
  4. #6a665a
  5. #5b574d
  6. #4c4940
  7. #3c3a33
  8. #2d2c26
  9. #1e1d1a
  10. #0f0f0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#979180 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #979180
  2. #a19c8d
  3. #aca799
  4. #b6b2a6
  5. #c1bdb3
  6. #cbc8c0
  7. #d5d3cc
  8. #e0ded9
  9. #eae9e6
  10. #f5f4f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#979180 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #979180
  2. #958f80
  3. #928e80
  4. #908c80
  5. #8e8a80
  6. #8c8980
  7. #898780
  8. #878580
  9. #858380
  10. #828280
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94918b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95907f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #979280 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b8e8c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96907f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #979280 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #998f87 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-979180 {
  color: #979180;
}
Background
.bg-979180 {
  background-color: #979180;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-979180 {
  border: 2px solid #979180;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #979180;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 145 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 10% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-979180 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #979180, #929780);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-979180 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 145 128 / 0.35);
}

#848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 8.45 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.15 #808080 Grey ΔE 10.15 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.99 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.99 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 11.88 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 12.14 #686e7f Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Battleship Gray
#979180  rgb(151, 145, 128)  hsl(44, 10%, 55%)  Battleship Gray
#808697  rgb(128, 134, 151)  hsl(224, 10%, 55%)  Light Slate Gray
#809791  rgb(128, 151, 145)  hsl(164, 10%, 55%)  Xanadu
#918097  rgb(145, 128, 151)  hsl(284, 10%, 55%)  Mountbatten Pink