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#90A596

Mushroom · light cool gray

About #90A596

With the hex code #90A596, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 65% green and 59% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 35% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Mushroom — a ΔE of 11.5 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A5909F, a taupe shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 8.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red144
Green165
Blue150

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 11.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.1
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #90A596

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #90A596.
2.62:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #90A596.
8.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #90A596 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#90A596
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A5A195
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A19F97
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8DA4A1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #90A596?

With the hex code #90A596, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 65% green and 59% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 35% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #90A596?

Use black text. Black on #90A596 has a contrast ratio of 8.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #90A596?

Its complementary colour is #A5909F, and analogous partners are #95A590 and #90A5A1.