What color is #8F9F92?

#8F9F92 is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #8F9F92?

The RGB value is 143, 159, 146: 143 red, 159 green and 146 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #8F9F92?

The complementary color is #9F8F9C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #8F9F92?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.54:1 and white text 2.78:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#8F9F92 color

#8F9F92 rgb(143, 159, 146)

Shades of gray

The hex color #8F9F92 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 56.1% red, 62.4% green and 57.3% blue (143, 159, 146).

Its hue angle is 131°, with 8% saturation and 59% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 3.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.54:1).

#8F9F92 color codes

HEX	`#8F9F92`
RGB	`rgb(143, 159, 146)`
RGB percent	`rgb(56.1%, 62.4%, 57.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(131, 8%, 59%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(131, 10%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(10%, 0%, 8%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.93, -8.24, 4.86)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.93, 9.57, 149.46)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(28.913, 32.711, 31.979)`
Decimal	`9412498`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #8F9F92, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #8F9F92	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.54:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.78:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#8F9F92 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.78:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.54:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #8F9F92 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #8f9f92; }
.text { color: #8f9f92; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8f9f92; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(143 159 146 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #8f9f92, #8f9f9a); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #8F9F92?: #8F9F92 is a gray, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #8F9F92?: The RGB value is 143, 159, 146: 143 red, 159 green and 146 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #8F9F92?: The complementary color is #9F8F9C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #8F9F92?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.54:1 and white text 2.78:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.