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Recognised as Colour

#8B8A93

  • #8B8A93
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Gray

#8B8A93 is a grey with RGB values 139, 138, 147 and HSL 247°, 4%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#8B8A93#8B8A93
HEX#8B8A93
RGBrgb(139, 138, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5412, 0.5765
RGB percentages54.5%, 54.1%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(246.7, 4%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.7, 6.1%, 57.6%)
CMYK5.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,144,979
CSS custom property--colour: #8B8A93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1
Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#74756C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#888B93no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#888B93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8A8B8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 6.7Light slate grey · ΔE 8Slate grey · ΔE 8.9Dark grey · ΔE 12.5Dim grey · ΔE 14.4Rosy brown · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92938A
Analogous#8A8E93, #908A93
Triadic#938B8A, #8A938B
Split complementary#93908A, #8E938A
Tetradic#938A8E, #92938A, #8A9390

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F4F5
Lighter +30%#DADADC
Lighter +20%#C0BFC4
Lighter +10%#A5A5AB
Darker −10%#71707A
Darker −20%#59585F
Darker −30%#403F45
Darker −40%#27272A
More saturated +25%#756EAF
Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R139
G138
B147
Red139 (54.5%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue246.67°
Saturation (HSL)4%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 8A · B 93

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