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#A18F8E

#a18f8e ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a18f8e is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 56.08% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.18% magenta, 11.8% yellow and 36.86% black. Its hue angle is 3.16°, with 9.18% saturation and 59.41% 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 6.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 6.91.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2917

Complementary

  1. #a18f8e
  2. #8ea0a1

Split complementary

  1. #a18f8e
  2. #8ea198
  3. #8e96a1

Analogous

  1. #a18e96
  2. #a18f8e
  3. #a1988e

Triadic

  1. #a18f8e
  2. #8ea18f
  3. #8f8ea1

Tetradic

  1. #a18f8e
  2. #a0a18e
  3. #8ea0a1
  4. #8f8ea1

Square

  1. #a18f8e
  2. #96a18e
  3. #8ea0a1
  4. #988ea1

Monochromatic

  1. #524544
  2. #7c6867
  3. #a18f8e
  4. #c4b8b8
  5. #e6e2e2

Shades

#a18f8e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a18f8e
  2. #918180
  3. #817272
  4. #716463
  5. #615655
  6. #514847
  7. #403939
  8. #302b2b
  9. #201d1c
  10. #100e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#a18f8e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a18f8e
  2. #aa9a99
  3. #b4a5a5
  4. #bdb1b0
  5. #c7bcbb
  6. #d0c7c7
  7. #d9d2d2
  8. #e3dddd
  9. #ece9e8
  10. #f6f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a18f8e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a18f8e
  2. #9e8e8d
  3. #9a8c8b
  4. #978b8a
  5. #948988
  6. #918887
  7. #8d8686
  8. #8a8584
  9. #878383
  10. #838281
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #999191 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92918e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96948e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a58d8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98908e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9b928e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a48e8e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a18f8e {
  color: #a18f8e;
}
Background
.bg-a18f8e {
  background-color: #a18f8e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a18f8e {
  border: 2px solid #a18f8e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a18f8e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 143 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 3 9% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a18f8e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a18f8e, #a1988e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a18f8e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 143 142 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 6.91 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.56 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 8.92 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 9.00 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.69 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.33 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.70 #5e7071 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#a18f8e  rgb(161, 143, 142)  hsl(3, 9%, 59%)  Taupe Gray
#8ea0a1  rgb(142, 160, 161)  hsl(183, 9%, 59%)  Dark Gray
#8ea18f  rgb(142, 161, 143)  hsl(123, 9%, 59%)  Xanadu
#8f8ea1  rgb(143, 142, 161)  hsl(243, 9%, 59%)  Cool Gray