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Colour

#8B8A95

  • #8B8A95
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8B8A95 is a grey with RGB values 139, 138, 149 and HSL 245°, 5%, 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 Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8B8A95#8B8A95
HEX#8B8A95
RGBrgb(139, 138, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5412, 0.5843
RGB percentages54.5%, 54.1%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(245.5, 4.9%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.5, 7.4%, 58.4%)
CMYK6.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,144,981
CSS custom property--colour: #8B8A95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.17:1
Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#74756A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#888B96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#888B95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#898C8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 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 text6.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.5Gray · ΔE 7.6Slate grey · ΔE 8.5Dark grey · ΔE 13Dim grey · ΔE 14.9Rosy brown · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94958A
Analogous#8A8F95, #918A95
Triadic#958B8A, #8A958B
Split complementary#95918A, #8F958A
Tetradic#958A8F, #94958A, #8A9591

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F5F6
Lighter +30%#DBDADE
Lighter +20%#C0C0C5
Lighter +10%#A6A5AD
Darker −10%#71707C
Darker −20%#595861
Darker −30%#404046
Darker −40%#28272C
More saturated +25%#746EB1
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R139
G138
B149
Red139 (54.5%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue245.45°
Saturation (HSL)4.93%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 8A · B 95

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