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#8FA08F

Mushroom · light cool gray

About #8FA08F

#8FA08F is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 63% green and 56% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 37% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mushroom (ΔE 10.3); Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #A08FA0 — a taupe tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #8FA08F for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 7.59:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red143
Green160
Blue143

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 10.3
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 12.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.0

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

Text on #8FA08F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #8FA08F.
2.77:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #8FA08F.
7.59:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8FA08F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8FA08F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A19D8E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9E9B90
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8E9F9B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8FA08F?

#8FA08F is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 63% green and 56% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 37% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #8FA08F?

Use black text. Black on #8FA08F has a contrast ratio of 7.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8FA08F?

Its complementary colour is #A08FA0, and analogous partners are #98A08F and #8FA098.