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#8FA092

Mushroom · light cool gray

About #8FA092

#8FA092 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 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 37% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mushroom (ΔE 9.9); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #A08F9D — a taupe tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #8FA092 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 7.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red143
Green160
Blue146

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 9.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.7
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #8FA092

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #8FA092.
2.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #8FA092.
7.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8FA092 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8FA092
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A09D91
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#9D9B93
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8D9F9C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8FA092?

#8FA092 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 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 37% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #8FA092?

Use black text. Black on #8FA092 has a contrast ratio of 7.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8FA092?

Its complementary colour is #A08F9D, and analogous partners are #95A08F and #8FA09A.