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#99918E

#99918e ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#99918e is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 56.86% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.23% magenta, 7.19% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 16.36°, with 5.12% saturation and 57.84% 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 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 5.62.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2898

Complementary

  1. #99918e
  2. #8e9699

Split complementary

  1. #99918e
  2. #8e9996
  3. #8e9099

Analogous

  1. #998e90
  2. #99918e
  3. #99968e

Triadic

  1. #99918e
  2. #8e9991
  3. #918e99

Tetradic

  1. #99918e
  2. #96998e
  3. #8e9699
  4. #918e99

Square

  1. #99918e
  2. #90998e
  3. #8e9699
  4. #968e99

Monochromatic

  1. #4b4543
  2. #736b68
  3. #99918e
  4. #bdb8b6
  5. #e2dfde

Shades

#99918e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99918e
  2. #8a8380
  3. #7a7472
  4. #6b6663
  5. #5c5755
  6. #4d4947
  7. #3d3a39
  8. #2e2c2b
  9. #1f1d1c
  10. #0f0f0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#99918e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99918e
  2. #a39c99
  3. #ada7a5
  4. #b8b2b0
  5. #c2bdbb
  6. #ccc8c7
  7. #d6d3d2
  8. #e0dedd
  9. #ebe9e8
  10. #f5f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99918e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99918e
  2. #978f8d
  3. #948e8b
  4. #928c8a
  5. #8f8a88
  6. #8d8987
  7. #8a8786
  8. #888584
  9. #858383
  10. #838281
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #959291 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93928e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95938e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b9090 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95918e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96928e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a908f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99918e {
  color: #99918e;
}
Background
.bg-99918e {
  background-color: #99918e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99918e {
  border: 2px solid #99918e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99918e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 145 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 16 5% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99918e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99918e, #99968e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99918e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 145 142 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 5.62 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 6.61 #808080 Gray ΔE 7.73 #808080 Grey ΔE 7.73 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.07 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.07 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.38 #666e71 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#99918e  rgb(153, 145, 142)  hsl(16, 5%, 58%)  Taupe Gray
#8e9699  rgb(142, 150, 153)  hsl(196, 5%, 58%)  Battleship Gray
#8e9991  rgb(142, 153, 145)  hsl(136, 5%, 58%)  Xanadu
#918e99  rgb(145, 142, 153)  hsl(256, 5%, 58%)  Taupe Gray