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#8A7E82

Taupe · medium neutral

About #8A7E82

#8A7E82 is a medium, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 54% red, 49% green and 51% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 6% yellow and 46% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Visually it is very close to Taupe (ΔE 3.3), with Gray the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #7E8A86 (gray), its complementary partner.

Because it is medium, it is most useful for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 5.39:1 (a WCAG AA pass).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red138
Green126
Blue130

Closest named colours

Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 3.3
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 5.3
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 12.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #8A7E82

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on taupe #8A7E82.
3.90:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on taupe #8A7E82.
5.39:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A7E82 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A7E82
Protanopia (no red cones)
#7F8082
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#828282
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8C7E7F

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Tetradic

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A7E82?

#8A7E82 is a medium, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 54% red, 49% green and 51% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 6% yellow and 46% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #8A7E82?

Use black text. Black on #8A7E82 has a contrast ratio of 5.39:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A7E82?

Its complementary colour is #7E8A86, and analogous partners are #8A7E88 and #8A807E.