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#9A8A94

#9a8a94 ≈ Rose Quartz

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#9a8a94 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 54.12% green and 58.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.39% magenta, 3.9% yellow and 39.61% black. Its hue angle is 322.5°, 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 6.44:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 5.66.

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Relative luminance0.2719

Complementary

  1. #9a8a94
  2. #8a9a90

Split complementary

  1. #9a8a94
  2. #8c9a8a
  3. #8a9a98

Analogous

  1. #988a9a
  2. #9a8a94
  3. #9a8a8c

Triadic

  1. #9a8a94
  2. #949a8a
  3. #8a949a

Tetradic

  1. #9a8a94
  2. #9a908a
  3. #8a9a90
  4. #8a949a

Square

  1. #9a8a94
  2. #9a988a
  3. #8a9a90
  4. #8a8c9a

Monochromatic

  1. #4b4047
  2. #74646e
  3. #9a8a94
  4. #bdb3ba
  5. #e1dcdf

Shades

#9a8a94 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9a8a94
  2. #8b7c85
  3. #7b6e76
  4. #6c6168
  5. #5c5359
  6. #4d454a
  7. #3e373b
  8. #2e292c
  9. #1f1c1e
  10. #0f0e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#9a8a94 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9a8a94
  2. #a4969f
  3. #aea1a9
  4. #b8adb4
  5. #c2b9bf
  6. #cdc5ca
  7. #d7d0d4
  8. #e1dcdf
  9. #ebe8ea
  10. #f5f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9a8a94 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9a8a94
  2. #978992
  3. #958890
  4. #92878e
  5. #90868c
  6. #8d858a
  7. #8a8488
  8. #888386
  9. #858284
  10. #838182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #938d91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a8d94 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e8f94 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9c8a8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #918c94 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #938d94 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b8a90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9a8a94 {
  color: #9a8a94;
}
Background
.bg-9a8a94 {
  background-color: #9a8a94;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9a8a94 {
  border: 2px solid #9a8a94;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9a8a94;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 138 148;
  --color-primary-hsl: 323 7% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9a8a94 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9a8a94, #9a8a8c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9a8a94 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 138 148 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 5.66 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 6.04 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.51 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.74 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 10.71 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.85 #808080 Grey ΔE 10.85 #65756b Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#9a8a94  rgb(154, 138, 148)  hsl(323, 7%, 57%)  Rose Quartz
#8a9a90  rgb(138, 154, 144)  hsl(143, 7%, 57%)  Xanadu
#949a8a  rgb(148, 154, 138)  hsl(83, 7%, 57%)  Xanadu
#8a949a  rgb(138, 148, 154)  hsl(203, 7%, 57%)  Light Slate Gray