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#8EA192

Mushroom · light cool gray

About #8EA192

#8EA192 is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 63% green and 57% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 37% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mushroom (ΔE 10.7); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #A18E9D — a taupe tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #8EA192 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 7.66:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red142
Green161
Blue146

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 10.7
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.2
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #8EA192

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #8EA192.
2.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #8EA192.
7.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8EA192 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8EA192
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A19E91
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9E9B93
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8CA09D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8EA192?

#8EA192 is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 63% green and 57% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 37% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #8EA192?

Use black text. Black on #8EA192 has a contrast ratio of 7.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8EA192?

Its complementary colour is #A18E9D, and analogous partners are #94A18E and #8EA19B.