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Recognised as Colour

#8D8C97

  • #8D8C97
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8D8C97 is a grey with RGB values 141, 140, 151 and HSL 245°, 5%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8D8C97#8D8C97
HEX#8D8C97
RGBrgb(141, 140, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.549, 0.5922
RGB percentages55.3%, 54.9%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(245.5, 5%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.5, 7.3%, 59.2%)
CMYK6.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,276,567
CSS custom property--colour: #8D8C97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26653WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.33:1
Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.33:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#727368

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8D98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8D97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8B8E8Fno 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 text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.7Gray · ΔE 8.1Slate grey · ΔE 8.9Dark grey · ΔE 12.3Dim grey · ΔE 15.6Rosy brown · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.75, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96978C
Analogous#8C9197, #938C97
Triadic#978D8C, #8C978D
Split complementary#97938C, #91978C
Tetradic#978C91, #96978C, #8C9793

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F7F8
Lighter +30%#DDDCE0
Lighter +20%#C2C2C7
Lighter +10%#A8A7AF
Darker −10%#73727E
Darker −20%#5B5A63
Darker −30%#424248
Darker −40%#2A292E
More saturated +25%#7771B2
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R141
G140
B151
Red141 (55.3%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue245.45°
Saturation (HSL)5.02%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 8C · B 97

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