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#9894AE

#9894ae ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9894ae is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 58.04% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.64% cyan, 14.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 249.23°, with 13.83% saturation and 63.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 4.55.

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Relative luminance0.3091

Complementary

  1. #9894ae
  2. #aaae94

Split complementary

  1. #9894ae
  2. #aea594
  3. #9dae94

Analogous

  1. #949dae
  2. #9894ae
  3. #a594ae

Triadic

  1. #9894ae
  2. #ae9894
  3. #94ae98

Tetradic

  1. #9894ae
  2. #ae94aa
  3. #aaae94
  4. #94ae98

Square

  1. #9894ae
  2. #ae949d
  3. #aaae94
  4. #94aea5

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4960
  2. #6f6a8c
  3. #9894ae
  4. #c2c0cf
  5. #ecebf0

Shades

#9894ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9894ae
  2. #89859d
  3. #7a768b
  4. #6a687a
  5. #5b5968
  6. #4c4a57
  7. #3d3b46
  8. #2e2c34
  9. #1e1e23
  10. #0f0f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#9894ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9894ae
  2. #a29fb6
  3. #ada9be
  4. #b7b4c6
  5. #c1bfce
  6. #cccad7
  7. #d6d4df
  8. #e0dfe7
  9. #eaeaef
  10. #f5f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9894ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9894ae
  2. #9692a9
  3. #9390a5
  4. #918ea0
  5. #8e8c9c
  6. #8c8a97
  7. #8a8892
  8. #87868e
  9. #858489
  10. #828285
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9796a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f97af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f96ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94989d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9296af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9395ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9696a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9894ae {
  color: #9894ae;
}
Background
.bg-9894ae {
  background-color: #9894ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9894ae {
  border: 2px solid #9894ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9894ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 148 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 14% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9894ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9894ae, #a594ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9894ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 148 174 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 4.55 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.63 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.63 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.37 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.75 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 12.22 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.62 #676b51 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#9894ae  rgb(152, 148, 174)  hsl(249, 14%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#aaae94  rgb(170, 174, 148)  hsl(69, 14%, 63%)  Sage
#ae9894  rgb(174, 152, 148)  hsl(9, 14%, 63%)  Silver Pink
#94ae98  rgb(148, 174, 152)  hsl(129, 14%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green