Recognised as Colour

#8C8288

#8C8288
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#8C8288 is a grey with RGB values 140, 130, 136 and HSL 324°, 4%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#8C8288#8C8288

HEX#8C8288

RGBrgb(140, 130, 136)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5098, 0.5333

RGB percentages54.9%, 51%, 53.3%

HSLhsl(324, 4.2%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(324, 7.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 2.9%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,208,456

CSS custom property--colour: #8C8288;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.66:1

Contrast with white3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#737D77

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#828488no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#848588no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8D8284no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 5.6 Slate grey · ΔE 11.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 11.7 Dim grey · ΔE 12.2 Dark grey · ΔE 14.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#828C86

Analogous#8B828C, #8C8283

Triadic#888C82, #82888C

Split complementary#838C82, #828C8B

Tetradic#8C8B82, #828C86, #82838C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EEECED

Lighter +30%#D5D2D4

Lighter +20%#BDB7BB

Lighter +10%#A49DA1

Darker −10%#72696E

Darker −20%#585155

Darker −30%#3D383B

Darker −40%#222021

More saturated +25%#AA648E

Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R140

G130

B136

Red140 (54.9%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue136 (53.3%)

Hue324°

Saturation (HSL)4.17%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 82 · B 88

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