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#998A8D

#998a8d ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#998a8d is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 54.12% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 7.84% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 348°, with 6.85% saturation and 57.06% 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 6.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 4.65.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2687

Complementary

  1. #998a8d
  2. #8a9996

Split complementary

  1. #998a8d
  2. #8a998f
  3. #8a9599

Analogous

  1. #998a95
  2. #998a8d
  3. #998f8a

Triadic

  1. #998a8d
  2. #8d998a
  3. #8a8d99

Tetradic

  1. #998a8d
  2. #99968a
  3. #8a9996
  4. #8a8d99

Square

  1. #998a8d
  2. #95998a
  3. #8a9996
  4. #8f8a99

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4042
  2. #736467
  3. #998a8d
  4. #bdb3b5
  5. #e0dcdd

Shades

#998a8d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #998a8d
  2. #8a7c7f
  3. #7a6e71
  4. #6b6163
  5. #5c5355
  6. #4d4547
  7. #3d3738
  8. #2e292a
  9. #1f1c1c
  10. #0f0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#998a8d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #998a8d
  2. #a39698
  3. #ada1a4
  4. #b8adaf
  5. #c2b9bb
  6. #ccc5c6
  7. #d6d0d1
  8. #e0dcdd
  9. #ebe8e8
  10. #f5f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#998a8d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #998a8d
  2. #97898c
  3. #94888a
  4. #928789
  5. #8f8688
  6. #8d8587
  7. #8a8485
  8. #888384
  9. #858283
  10. #838181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #928c8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8c8c8d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f8f8d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9c898b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #918b8d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #938d8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b8a8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-998a8d {
  color: #998a8d;
}
Background
.bg-998a8d {
  background-color: #998a8d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-998a8d {
  border: 2px solid #998a8d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #998a8d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 138 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 348 7% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-998a8d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #998a8d, #998f8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-998a8d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 138 141 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 4.65 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.00 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.09 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.09 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 9.15 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.62 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.36 #667572 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#998a8d  rgb(153, 138, 141)  hsl(348, 7%, 57%)  Taupe Gray
#8a9996  rgb(138, 153, 150)  hsl(168, 7%, 57%)  Xanadu
#8d998a  rgb(141, 153, 138)  hsl(108, 7%, 57%)  Xanadu
#8a8d99  rgb(138, 141, 153)  hsl(228, 7%, 57%)  Cool Gray